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Between the „ruchadlo“ and the Czech Cottage: The (Non-)Discovery of the „Folk“ Culture Invention in the 19th Century and its Impact on Research into Vernacular Culture
Woitsch, Jiří
The article presents and uses specific examples (swing plow called ruchadlo and timber vernacular dwelling houses) to analyze the conceptualization of the common people and vernacular culture in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Two opposing beliefs on the ability of the non-elites to be actively creative were typical for this era. The one side assumed a completely passive taking over of patterns, technologies, etc. from economically and socially more advanced environments, while the other attributed exceptional creative abilities to „regular folk,“ some even leading to historic discoveries. These two concepts strongly resonated in various Central European trends in the humanities and social sciences throughout the entire 20th century. This was symptomatic, especially in those instances, where historians, museologists, art historians or even non-academic experts were the ones conducting the research. Both lines of thought share the highly problematic notion of viewing the people as a creative collective entity or a passive entity.
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Folk songs from the thematic viewpoint
KOLÁŘOVÁ, Kateřina
The aim of this bachelor's thesis is to provide a detailed overview about topics which occur in Czech folk songs. The basis for constructing conclusions is the analysis of songs present in Jindřich's reworked edition of a collection Nápěvy písní národních v Čechách, authored by a poet Karel Jaromír Erben and a composer J. P. Michael Martinovský. The practical part is preceded by a theoretical part, in which basic findings about the problematics of folk culture, more closely focusing on folk song, are formulated.
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Women as a Contemporary Lyrics Authors
Čížková, Karla ; Hník, Ondřej (advisor) ; Hausenblas, Ondřej (referee)
The main aim of this thesis is to provide the reader with the overview of the work of female authors of lyrics and show the topics they are mainly interested in. The partial aim is to find out if some specific female topics and specific female expression and language exist. The core of the work is commented antology of texts. There are included texts of authors who are authors of music and interprets concurrently, who have been working in ten last years and released at least one CD. I come to the conclusion that women are writing mostly about partner relationships, love as a special kind of emotion, family and maternity and also their own position in world, faith and sexuality. Typical of female authors is that they view at the things as if men could not understand the same topics. Specific is also language of female authors and motives they use as the means of expression: they are particulary delicate and tender images and metaphores, intuitive and playful puns. In some texts women try to oppose the stereotype of women putting the text into typicaly mens ambience and using "mens" dictionary.
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"Despite All the Poet Kept Singing..." A Contribution to a Study Dealing with the State Security Police Forces᾽ Approach to Our Folk Scene, as Seen on the Example of Karel Kryl
Stehlíková, Veronika ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Horčička, Václav (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the State security police forces᾽ approach to Czech folk scene. The first part consists of Karel Kryl᾽s biography, great emphasis is placed also on his literary work. The second part discusses the folk scene in Czechoslovakia from 60s to 80s, including the State security police forces᾽ approach. Specifically not only Karel Kryl but also Jiří Pallas, Jaroslav Hutka, Vlastimil Třešňák and Vladimír Merta are presented based on the materials kept in the Security Services Archive. The thesis shows that the State security police forces᾽ approach was not unified, even though some common things can be found. In case of Karel Kryl living in exile the technique was reduced to intervention against his work. In case of the folk singers living at home State security police tried to reduce or completely terminate their public actions, most often doing so by controlling and cancelling their concerts. The main conclusion of the thesis is that they were not very successful at this effort, because most of their energy was devoted to persecuting the signatories of Charter 77. Strong actions were taken against the folk singers, who signed it as well. The contribution of this thesis is based on working with archival materials that practically have not yet been used in the specialized literature.
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Spiritual folk song
Hanych, Pavel ; Beneš, Ladislav (advisor) ; Moravetz, Ladislav (referee)
This thesis is focused on the spiritual folk songs in the Czech environment, especially from a theological point of view. The first chapter puts the topic in historical, geographical and spiritual context and generally attempts to describe what a spiritual folk song is and from which sources and in which contexts it has been created. The second chapter reflects several theological themes or areas that generally apply to the genre of spiritual folk songs. A separate sub-chapter also reflects biblical songs. The lectures are supplemented by specific examples of songs. The third and largest chapter attempts to map out which areas and situations of human life is spiritual folk song concerned. The chapter is subdivided into three time cycles: day, year, life. This chapter contains numerous examples of songs related to the discussed areas. The last chapter aims to interpret and use the songs in the context of today. It examines how the genre of folk songs generally enters into contemporary culture and deals with the possibilities of practical implementation of this genre in the church hymnology practice. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Czech folk scene and political persecution after 1977
Jeřábková, Kamila ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Šmíd, Marek (referee)
Thesis Czech folk scene and political persecution after 1977, deals with the events in Czechoslovakia folk music scene after the release of Charter 77. Thesis is focused on members of the folk group Šafrán (Saffron). Studied period of time is placed between 1977 and the first half of the 80s in Czechoslovakia. Thesis is divided into two parts. Introduction of the thesis and its first part is dedicated to the political and cultural situation of the 70s of the 20th century. The second part of the thesis describes the origin and development of folk music as an independent musical genre in Czechoslovakia. The main aim of the thesis is a partial depiction of life situation of folk singer-songwriters in the specified time period. Thesis is based on chosen musician's personal memories of political persecution, which was directed against their work as well. The final part of the thesis is dedicated to the development and course of the secret police Action Asanace (Redevelopment). The event had an impact not only on the personal lives of these artists, but also on the further development of folk music in the late 20th century in Czechoslovakia.
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Czech and folk traditions in Eibentál in Romanian Banat
Havlicec, Hermina Maria ; Hasil, Jiří (advisor) ; Vučka, Tomáš (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the folk traditions and language of Czech compatriots living in Eibentál, in Romanian Banat. The work will describe the historical development of the Czech village Eibentál up to the present. The main aim of this work is to analyze and describe folk traditions and customs during the year. There are traditions that have already existed, but also those that have arisen in recent times. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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