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1981 Irish Hunger Strike in Cinema
Kolínová, Kristýna ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Matějka, Ondřej (referee)
The hunger strike of Irish republican prisoners in 1981 that was held in Maze/Long Kesh prison in Northern Ireland was the culmination of a protest against the abolition of Special Category Status for convicted paramilitary prisoners. Ten men starved themselves to death. The events related to the hunger strike are not forgotten to this day and still arouse disputes in the society. This thesis focuses on the analysis of popular feature films whose main theme is the hunger strike in Northern Ireland. On a theoretical level, the thesis uses the concept of collective memory which is described in more detail and applied to the issues of cinema in the first part of the thesis. The second chapter briefly presents historical context: the hunger strike itself and also its legacy today. The last and the most important part of the text deals with three movies, namely Some Mother's Son (1996), H3 (2001) and Hunger (2008) which are compared with regard to the origin of their authors, the selection of specific aspects of the historical events and time of their creation. Besides a summary of the main findings, there is also an outline of how filmmakers generally work with the theme of hunger strike in the conclusion.
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The hunger strike of Irish republican prisoners in 1981 from the point of view of British press
Perzolla, Matteo ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Váška, Jan (referee)
In 1981 a hunger strike broke out wich was held in the correctional facility Maze in Belfast. The hunger strike was held by Irish republican prisoners and ten men starved themselves to death. This strike was the culmination of a protest against the abolition of the Special Category Status for convicted paramilitary prisoners. This thesis focuses around the hunger strike of the Northern Irish prisoners and describes the background of the protest. The theoretical framework briefly describes the history of the Northern Irish conflict and the course of the hunger strike. Furthermore, this bachelor thesis describes the goals of the protesters and the main protagonists of the strike are introduced to the reader. The application part of this thesis is devoted to the qualitative analysis of this hunger strike. The main goal of this research is to find out to what extent British newspapers coverd this problematic situation in Northern Ireland and what was their attitude to the whole situation. The application section focuses on the coverage of British newspapers from a qualitative analysis perspective.
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1981 Irish Hunger Strike in Cinema
Kolínová, Kristýna ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Matějka, Ondřej (referee)
The hunger strike of Irish republican prisoners in 1981 that was held in Maze/Long Kesh prison in Northern Ireland was the culmination of a protest against the abolition of Special Category Status for convicted paramilitary prisoners. Ten men starved themselves to death. The events related to the hunger strike are not forgotten to this day and still arouse disputes in the society. This thesis focuses on the analysis of popular feature films whose main theme is the hunger strike in Northern Ireland. On a theoretical level, the thesis uses the concept of collective memory which is described in more detail and applied to the issues of cinema in the first part of the thesis. The second chapter briefly presents historical context: the hunger strike itself and also its legacy today. The last and the most important part of the text deals with three movies, namely Some Mother's Son (1996), H3 (2001) and Hunger (2008) which are compared with regard to the origin of their authors, the selection of specific aspects of the historical events and time of their creation. Besides a summary of the main findings, there is also an outline of how filmmakers generally work with the theme of hunger strike in the conclusion.
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