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Presentation and Deformation of History in the Adaptations of Jonas Jonasson and Winston Groom
Schambergerová, Tereza ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Konrád, Ota (referee)
The thesis deals with the analysis of the popular story with the historical context. Two books have been selected for specification - The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson and Forrest Gump by Winston Groom. The works were analyzed in both literary and film adaptation. Further, the educational impact of this material has been analyzed. The aim of the work was to show the way which both authors present history and to what point does the deformation of the historical subject into a Holywood story affect the viewer. This was verified by a questionnare which besides other things proved the influence of the movie adaptation in particular.
Josef Šusta and textbooks of world history
Dvořák, Rudolf ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Čechurová, Jana (referee)
Key words: Josef Šusta, textbook, world history, historical thinking This bachelor thesis investigates changes in text of textbooks by Josef Šusta and Jaroslav Bidlo. I use a comparative method to analyse changes in the textbooks for grammar chools. An important part of the theme is a personality and historical thinking of Josef Šusta. In the first chapter I am interested in influence of the textbooks. I deal with quality of the text also. A specific part is a comparison with other textbooks for grammar schools of the time. I place special emphasis on ability of synthesis. An aim of the second chapter is to analyse changes that were found in the textbooks. I investigate the textbook as a source that describes an education of three different state systems. This fact makes possible to know an importance of historical events that were contained in the books. The third chapter deals with an art of synthesis and historical thinking of Josef Šusta. The historian is presented as a personality who cultivated a historical consciousness of the nation. Šusta's main contribution is in his idea of historical development and perceiving of historical tradition. A very important part is also the historian's view of popularizing of the science. Šusta's historical thinking represents an intensive interest in...

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