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Pink Floyd and Czech cultural context
JIRÁNKOVÁ, Lucie
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyse the reception of Pink Floyd in the Czech cultural environment of the second half of the twentieth century and their impact with an emphasis on the period of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. First, a description of the musical and cultural discourse of the foreign and Czech music scene is provided. The following section introduces the Pink Floyd group itself. The thesis focuses on the reception of the group in the Czech press of the 1970s and 1980s. This is followed by an analysis of Pink Floyd's influence on Czech music. The focus is also on the band's lyrics and their comparison with Czech translations, paraphrases, and cover versions.
The Beatles in the context of socialist Czechoslovakia in the radio documentary
Jakšič, Marek ; Lovaš, Karol (advisor) ; Gulda, Jana (referee)
The bachelor's thesis The Beatles in the Context of Socialist Czechoslovakia in the Radio Documentary is divided into two parts - practical and theoretical. The main practical part is focused on the impact of The Beatles on Czechoslovakian politics and culture. In the radio documentary, the author is trying to describe the atmosphere of the sixties. Therefore, the listeners can hear original Beatles songs as well as songs performed by Czechoslovakian interprets. Thanks to the comments of the singers and music publicists it is pointed out that The Beatles had a huge impact on Czechoslovakian society as, apart from the music itself, the band had a symbolic meaning creating a connection with the democratic world for the Czechoslovaks. The theoretical part of the thesis mainly deals with the definition of the radio documentary. It describes the particularities of radio broadcasting and it briefly mentions the history of radio broadcasting in Czechoslovakia. The creation of the radio documentary is also described in the practical part. It explains why the author decided to choose this topic and also the respondents and the choice of the target audience is clarified. The problems the author had to solve while working on this bachelor's thesis are mentioned and so are the experiences that I gained while...

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