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The work of French poetess Christine de Pizan as a historical source
Štěpánková, Irena ; Nejedlý, Martin (advisor) ; Žůrek, Václav (referee)
This diploma paper introduces as a historical source the work of French poetess Christine de Pizan who has been distinguished as a first "femme de lettres", i.e. the first professional writer. In the first chapter is outlined Christine de Pizan biography. An emphasis is placed on Christine's Italian roots and then on a difficult period after her husband Etienne Castel death combined with a decision to become a "professional" court poetess. A development of the way how Christine as a person was received from 15th to 21st century is also supplied in this paper. The development of Christine's work and especially its main aspects (and thus the areas of interest to which a study of her works could contribute) is a theme of the second chapter. After the introduction to development of Chtristine's work and its brief characteristic of individual works, the author of this paper goes to detailed analysis of Christine's book called Le Livre du Chemin de longue étude, on which she illustrates the most significant traits of Christine's writing: wide knowledge of philosophic publications, the Bible, close relationship with her father, building her own renown and being concerned to have a competent (and right) self-presentation in the court milieu, love to her studies and especially an advocacy of her female...
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Childhood in Zbraslav in the 1930s and 1940s
Šuchmanová, Barbora ; Dvořáková, Michaela (advisor) ; Havlík, Radomír (referee)
The diploma thesis entitled The Childhood in Zbraslav in the 1930s and 1940s aims to answer the question what made childhood in Zbraslav in this time period distinctive and what features were the most influential. The first part is rather theoretical and describes the concept of a family based on the findings of sociology and history. As the concept of childhood is closely intertwined with family, we cannot separate the two from one another and need to focus on both. Overview of the most important scientific findings made by prominent experts from the field can be found in this section. The second part is practical; based on four distinctive components of children's lives which the author regards as important due to their influence on the childhood as well as on the future development of the child's personality and life in the adulthood. Those features are family life, school, reading, and free time activities. Although there has been a number of books and articles written about Zbraslav, only a small amount has focused on the 20th century and even less on childhood. As a result, the diploma thesis is based mainly on interviews with contemporaries from Zbraslav. Each one of them grew up in a quite different environment; that is why their statements could be only partly generalized. In conclusion, it could...
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History of house n. 136 in the centre of Kutná Hora
Pavelková, Linda ; Županič, Jan (advisor) ; Dvořáková, Markéta (referee)
My thesis History of house n. 136 in the centre of Kutná Hora focuses on the history house, particularly the house n. 136 in Kutná Hora. It is a medieval house which is situated in the southern part of the historical centre of the town and which is the Gothic foundations. House building is evidence of the historical development of the city from its the beginnings to the present. The main aim of my project was looking up for as much as possible information available which touching the history of the house. The primary recourse was a rewrite the city's books by Jan Fiala. The second part of my project talks about the extensive reconstruction of the house, which runs nowadays. This section includes a description of the actual reconstruction itself and also description of the restored Gothic portals and description of several findings that were found during the reconstruction of the house. Conclusion summarizes and generalizes the ideas developed in the body of the text itself.
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The Dangerous Method # 19
Staněk, Jiří ; Kowolowski, František (referee) ; Mikyta, Svätopluk (advisor)
I'm working with photographs of Sigmund Freud's apartment and creating their pseudo reconstruction. I'm trying through technique of linocut uncover light from black and white photos taken by documentarist Edmund Engelman in Vienna in 1938. I'm revealing volumes of individual fragments, which light falls on. Exposed light I keep for myself, for some melancholy reasons, and store it in glass jars. It is negative and final linocut represents positive. Atmosphere of pictures from Edmund Engelman's book has a big influence on me as well as Robert Longo's cycle Freud Drawings. Their atmosphere is catalyst for my own art solution.
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Commented translation: La Bolivie (Jean Catinus, Éditions de l'Adret, Paris 1997, s. 9-21).
Simpson, Barbora ; Belisová, Šárka (advisor) ; Duběda, Tomáš (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to translate selected chapters from the book of Jean Catinus - La Bolive and to make a commentary of the translation. The commentary consists of five parts: translation analysis using the method of Christiane Nord, conception of translation based on the theory of Jiří Levý, analysis of selected translation problems and their solutions, translation procedures by Alena Tionová and lastly, principal translation shifts which occurred during the translation.
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Web Application of Recommender System
Koníček, Igor ; Bartík, Vladimír (referee) ; Zendulka, Jaroslav (advisor)
This master's thesis describes creation of recommender system that is used in real server cbdb.cz. A~fully operational recommender system was developed using collaborative and content-based filtering techniques. Thanks to many user feedback, we were able to evaluate their opinion. Many recommended books were tagged as desirable. This thesis is extending current functionality of cbdb.cz with recommender system. This system uses its extensive database of ratings, users and books.
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An Analysis of the e-shop WayToBook
Vakhrusheva, Liubov ; Sedláček, Jiří (advisor) ; Bychenko, Sergey (referee)
The aim of this work is the analysis of WayToBook, a specific electronic shop dealing with the sale of electronic and audio books. This work is divided into four chapters. The first chapter includes the theoretical background, the basic concepts, and the advantages and disadvantages of an online store for dealers and customers. The second chapter is devoted to the characteristics of WayToBook's electronic shop: its range of products, conditions of use, book piracy, and e-commerce customers. The third chapter analyzes the pricing policy of this electronic shop and its use of payment systems. The last chapter deals with the sales support and advertising.
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Formation and evolution of Brno's suburb Černá Pole
Sluka, Jakub ; Foltýn, Dušan (advisor) ; Filip, Aleš (referee)
TITLE: Formation and evolution of Brno's suburb Černá Pole AUTHOR: Jakub Sluka DEPARTMENT: Department of History and History Didactics SUPERVISOR: Mgr. Dušan Foltýn ABSTRACT: The bachelor thesis deals with origin and development of the residential quarter Černá Pole, namely from the settlement of this area to 1945. Attention is mainly focused on the 20th century. The part regarding Antiquity is primarily based on published researches of various archaelogical digs. The investigation of the period from the 14th to 18th century is grounded in preserved archival materials, especially documents. The gradual expansion of street network and local housing development, with emphasis on a period housing situation, in Brno from the beginning of building development in the 19th century to the end of World War Two is minutely studied by means of map collections, old photos and postcards, period newspapers, and a lot of scholarly books and articles. A particular focus is devoted to some important architectural buildings and interesting events in the history of Černá Pole. The pictorial supplement includes a lot of photos depicting present-day appearance of the quarter. KEYWORDS: Brno, Černá Pole, Lužánky, Villa Tugendhat, Children's Hospital, Mendel University, monasteries
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The Map of Brno
Pulicar, Martin ; Klímová, Barbora (referee) ; Kögler, Žaneta (advisor)
„Hic sunt leones“ is a printed publication that represents the outcome of diploma thesis Map of Brno. It is a pocket-size map in a form of a book describing the dark side of Brno, fitting contextually within the scope of urban exploration. Locations described within the publication are far beyond the general interest of the majority, and even the alternative minority, of population within the city. These are locations whose visit may result not just in dirty pants or possible conflict with the police, but also in injuries or even death. The inaccessibility of these places is emphasized by the inaccessibility of the map itself, which is being tested at it's very edge of usability. Accurate cartographic mapping is not the intention of this project, neither it is the process of making these places easily accessible. Mediation of their unique atmosphere and providing the evidence of their mere existence is the primary intention here. More so because of the fact that such places are subjects to very fast perdition.
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Three critical voices of post-war American literature
Malá, Kateřina ; Hanuš, Jiří (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
The thesis deals with critical views of the post-war American society as found in three literary works: Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye and Jack Kerouac's On the Road. The thesis's aim is to introduce briefly the post-war society and then, on basis of text analysis, to provide criticism expressed by each book mentioned above. Divided into four main parts, it describes the post-war situation in the United States (political, social and cultural) and thereafter it focuses on the books itself. It provides a short biographical summary of each author's life but it mainly targets the criticism the book contains. The post-war period was significant because of the change it brought. The society of the 1950s was characterized by many "booms" that contributed to its development. The main features of this period were consumerism and materialism; these were also the principal things subjected to criticism. The question the thesis wants to answer is whether this criticism was justified or not. This objective is realized in the conclusion. Based on all facts provided by the thesis, the answer is that the criticism was justified; however, it is not so easy and it is necessary to read the whole thesis to understand all reasons that led to this conclusion and to think over...
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