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Annotated Translation: chapter in Erving Goffman, Asylums. Anchor Books 1961. P. 15-30.
Syrovátková, Tereza ; Kalivodová, Eva (advisor) ; Mraček, David (referee)
This bachelor thesis is divided into two major parts: the partial translation of Erving Goffman's book Asylums published in 1961. This book covers the topic of total institutions, inmates living and staff working with them, while also covering the relationship between the two social groups. The translation is followed by a commentary that provides an analysis of the original text based on the model introduced by Christiane Nord. The commentary also contains a description of the chosen translation method and a summary of the major translation problems. Finally it covers translation shifts that occurred during the translation process.
Covered face
ČERNÁ, Pavlína
The diploma thesis focuses on human emotions and monitors their effects on the individual from the psychological and physiognomic point of view. It focuses on the development of ancient theatre and the function of masks. It consists of two parts - theoretical and practical. The practical part presents a set of latex masks that interpret the work of Erving Goffman The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.
Annotated Translation: chapter in Erving Goffman, Asylums. Anchor Books 1961. P. 15-30.
Syrovátková, Tereza ; Kalivodová, Eva (advisor) ; Mraček, David (referee)
This bachelor thesis is divided into two major parts: the partial translation of Erving Goffman's book Asylums published in 1961. This book covers the topic of total institutions, inmates living and staff working with them, while also covering the relationship between the two social groups. The translation is followed by a commentary that provides an analysis of the original text based on the model introduced by Christiane Nord. The commentary also contains a description of the chosen translation method and a summary of the major translation problems. Finally it covers translation shifts that occurred during the translation process.
"Becoming a Facebook User": the mystery of (not) leaving
Dlouhá, Marie ; Hájek, Martin (advisor) ; Balon, Jan (referee)
Recently, facebook has become an important communication and intercation medium and social phenomenon. It attracts attention thanks to its broad audience, and it raises questions of safety and privacy, "addiction", identity and self-presentation. The study Becoming a Facebook User (the title is inspired by Howard Becker's article) is focused primarily on the question of (not) leaving - by using qualitative methods that explore "addiction" to facebook. Using methods of ethnographic interviews and interactionist analysis based on Erving Goffman's dramaturgical approach, broadened by the theory of Joshua Meyrowitz, this work shows that to be a facebook user is not a state but a career. An analysis of the individual stages of usership demonstrates the main reason for "addiction" - the "middle region" - i.e. the places where various audiences meet and there are many options for interacting with a large number of people from diverse environments. This text shows that "middle region" provides some advantages as long as there is effective management of the interactional regions that should prevent overloading, i.e. confusion. The management of regions and the study thereof in terms of a career means investment by a user in time and effort, which together with the advantages that such a management "middle...

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