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Differences between literary production and film production.
Marušiaková, Adéla ; Činátlová, Blanka (advisor) ; Mravcová, Marie (referee)
In my thesis I will deal with comparison of literary work and its adaptation as a film. The object of our investigation in this case is film adaptation produced by Vaclav Gajer - Flirt with Miss Silver (1969). This was the result of director revelation this meaningful literary work made by Josef Škvorecký Miss Silver Past (1963-1967). Firstly we will think about literary model and film from general point of view like original phenomenons of art than we will describe concrete works.This works are the aim of our investigation and we will try to explain their spirit. We will describe real circumstances of their origin. Keeping in mind that both works appeared in the 60's of the last century, it is necessary to remind political atmosphere and remember events in previous Czechoslovakia.
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White and black propaganda in Czechoslovak newsreel 1948
Krásný, Ondřej ; Šícha, Jan (referee) ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor)
Bachelor thesis deals with historical events of 1948 and how they were reflected in contemporary newsreels, namely in "Československý týden ve filmu" and "Filmové Noviny". My aim here is to first present a short historical excursion focused on political development of Czechoslovakia, Eastern Bloc and Occident, define what white and black propaganda is and also give a brief description of post-war Czechoslovak cinematography. Pivotal part of the work discuss the depiction of important inner political events in Czechoslovakia, mainly of the Czech coup, the black propaganda aimed at certain groups of people and certain countries and, furthermore, some persons and organizations, which were at first (even in 1948) shown as good features, but then had conceived hatred against. Considerable attention is also applied to difference in acquaintance with Eastern Bloc and Occident - this work notices the prominent differences between "friendly" and "imperialistic" countries in media depiction. Distinguishing and differences between "Československý týden ve filmu" and "Filmové Noviny" are closing features.
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The Correspondence by the Chotek Family to Alfons Clary-Aldringen (1904-1943). On the Research on the History of German Culture and Civilization in Bohemia
Cermonová, Kateřina ; Vodrážková, Lenka (advisor) ; Tvrdík, Milan (referee)
The study deals with the main cultural and social aspects of German population's lifestyle in Bohemia in the first half of the 20th century. The basis for the research is correspondence written in German which was kept between count Alfons Clary-Aldringen and the noble family Chotek from 1904 to 1943. The correspondence particularly shows the quality of relationship between the correspondents, their social life, family problems as well as the impact of the political events in Bohemia on their lives. Except for the analysis of the correspondence including the language and cultural-historical section, an explanation of the discrepancy between the Germans and the Czechs in Bohemia and introduction of the correspondents and their families is included. The results of the analysis confirm the importance and uniqueness of letters as a source of information. Keywords history, german language, culture and civilization, correspondence, Bohemia
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Role of media in international politics and conflicts
Bartošová, Simona ; Lustigová, Martina (advisor) ; Balcerová, Zdeňka (referee)
Bachelor thesis "Role of the media in international politics and conflicts" pursues position and influence of media in either international and common politics, impact of political events on the media themselves and mutual interaction of media and politics. Further follows war conflicts and their processing and submission throughout different types of media. The thesis also addresses influence of media on development in war areas, and within the study specializes on concrete territories in which so far gained theoretic knowledge is utilized to comprehend the particular situation, application of the knowledge on the particular conflict including obtaining new theoretical skills through critical evaluation of praxis in the problem area. The thesis addresses media phenomenon as itself, basic history of each kind of media, outlines common dilemma of relation politics - society, political communication and marketing role of the media (impact on voters through medial campaign or propaganda). The basic question of the thesis is how strong is medial impact within political events including armed conflicts, and whether modem (even post-modern) vision of media as a world superpower really complies with empirical praxis of present time.
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Media coverage of the self-immolation of Jan Palach in Rudé právo, Reportér and Zprávy
Kaňková, Kateřina ; Suk, Pavel (referee) ; Končelík, Jakub (advisor)
Diploma thesis Media coverage of the self-immolation of Jan Palach in Rude pravo, Reporter and Zpravy attempts to show how the ruling ideology influences the media coverage of an event by analyzing newspaper articles from three different periodicals (Rude pravo, Reporter, Zpravy). In this case, the event is Jan Palach's protest against the political and social situation in Czechoslovakia after the arrival of the Warsaw Pact troops in August 1968. Palach performed his protest in January 1969 inspired by the form of self-immolation displayed by Buddhist monks in Tibet. It appears that the political situation at that time can be characterized as a transformation from democracy to tatalitarianism. The official newspaper of the Communist Party Rude pravo was neither using censorship nor distorting reality. It captured the events essentially as they had been running, though there were no arguments or comments. The comparison of Rude pravo with the other two newspapers, Reporter, representing pro-reform democratic media, and Zpravy, representing totalitarian media, reveals the fact that articles in Rude pravo were neutral.
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USA and Mexico:modern relations and perspectives
Pucholt, Tomáš ; Hnát, Pavel (advisor) ; Krč, Jakub (referee)
Contents: -Introduction -Mutual relations of USA and Mexico -Introduction into the problematic of mutual relations of the USA and Mexico and their historical continuities -First half of the 20th century in mutual economical and political relations -Entrance to the second half of the 20th century -Modern perspectives in mutual relations of the USA and Mexico -Thought of a common integration -NAFTA -Social aspects-clash of cultures -Potential and real threats and opportunities -Conclusion The aim of the bachelor exam was to assay the most meaningful events of the political, economical and socio-cultural importance that formed and broke out mexican-american relations from annexation of Texas in 1835
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The individual and the social in the novel La casa grande
Obručová, Lucie ; Fousek, Michal (referee) ; Vydrová, Hedvika (advisor)
The focal point of this dissertation is the novel The Big House (La Casa Grande) by Álvaro Cepeda Samudio (1926 - 1972) a Colombian journalist,novelist, short storywriter, and filmmaker. Owing to the author' s personal literary development the dissertation pays shortly attention to his journalistic activities and further to his short story collection We Were Al! Waiting (Todos estábamos a la espera). In his novel he def1ects the town' s theme which is dominant one in his short stories and his novel emerges from his birthplace and its history. The subject is the historical event of the Ciénaga Massacre of striking journeymen from banana plantations. This is the backdrop to perform an individual drama, the one of a Colombian family whose inner problems ref1ect the whole society and acquire universal dimension. Above all, the analysis of the novel concentrates on the performance stage, individual characters who can be understood as archetypes, and on the time draft which necessitates repeating faults and mistakes. The fragmentary compositon of the novel correlates with the plurality of narrative perspectives and with the polyphonic narrative technique. The novel is to be understood knowing the background to the Colombian political life in the first half of the last century definied as bi-party system in its...
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The Zapatista Rebellion in Mexican Chiapas: political - historical context
Švehlová, Eva ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Doležal, Tomáš (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the Zapatista rebellion in Mexican Chiapas from the year 1994 and its main aim is to evaluate the achievements of the whole rebellion. Firstly, the thesis concentrates on the bases for the formation of the rebellion by studying crucial events from Mexican history. Furthermore, it describes the course of the rebellion in chronological sequence and it lays stress on the armed actions of the Zapatista, their non-military activities and peace negotiations with the government. In the last chapter, the thesis presents a deeper analysis of different aspects of the rebellion by the means of the analysis of structure, origin and members; the analysis of ideology, demands and aims and finally the analysis of means of struggle where the role of media is highlighted above all. The final evaluation of the achievements is devided into Mexican, global and theoretical level.
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In search of Afro-American identity: Zora Neale Hurston and race politics of the Harlem renaissance
Koucká, Magdalena ; Procházka, Martin (referee) ; Ulmanová, Hana (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to explore the phenomenon of the Harlem Renaissance as not only an artistic but also a socio-political movement in American history. I shall try to trace its historical conditions, its ideology and accomplishments. Introducing its main intellectualleaders--scholars as well as men of belles-Iettres, I will take an insight into the ambience of cultural events and discussions that they created and comment on the diversity of attitudes toward the role of the African American in American society that they launched. Among the most prominent and influential intellectuals who fathered the Movement were Alain LeRoy Locke, W. E. B. Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson and Charles S. Johnson. The second target of this thesis is to examine one of the outstanding literary voices of this period. Out of the many artists who began their career during the Harlem Renaissance-and one should name at least Langston Hughes, Countee Cull en, Claude McKay and Jean Toomer--I chose the personality of Zora Neale Hurston as a representative of the unconventional black female artist of this time. In my focus were Hurston' s artistic aims to ground the Black identity as opposed, and sometimes even parallel, to some of her contemporaries. Hurston' s former friend, later a rival, Langston Hughes would probably be her...
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The development of czech sport's photojournalism from the middle of 20th century
Hejbal, Dominik ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Teplá, Jana (referee)
The paper deals with the development of the Czech journalistic sport photography from mid 20th century until recent time. Conditions that influenced the work of sports photographers are mapped, whether it was technical equipment, political constraints or other relevant facts. The paper mentions key events that have had importance in the Czech sports photography. The very beginnings of the Czech sports photography are described, too, to add context with the period followed. Furthermore, some noteworthy cases are mentioned, such as career change of a professional sportsman to a sport photographer. Ethically doubtful practices, once quite frequent, are followed, too. Another infrequently studied area of interest is discussed, which is the phenomenon of successful pictures of neglected events. The paper also provides the reader with a list of the foremost Czech sports photographers, a quantitative analysis of sport photos in the Rude Pravo daily (name later changed to Pravo). Main moments of change are studied from the point of view of the extent of the sport photography on the pages of Czech dailies. Since this topic has not been extensively covered by books, an important part of the paper is based on original interviews with veteran Czech sport photographers, including Stanislav Tereba, the only Czech winner...
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