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Milešov nad Vltavou - dating, wedding ceremonies from the point of view of the original traditions and customs from the end of 19 century till 1940
Filipová, Daniela ; Sládek, Miloš (advisor) ; Šmíd, Marek (referee)
Milešov nad Vltavou - dating, wedding ceremonies from the point of view of the original traditions and customs from the end of 19 century till 1940 Preliminary content: The aim of the work is attaining the knowledge of our ancestors traditions and values. From the point of view of our ancestors values the work is going to deal with the style of life with focusing on the intepersonal relationship values, where dating, the course of weddings and following the traditions and customs connected with it is going to be elaborated in village Milešov nad Vltavou. The work is going to find the origin of the traditions and customs and it is going to compare them with other willages of the Czech Republic. It is going to deal with the then society, its social structure and it is going to find the difference in the connection with customs related with the wedding ceremony. Keywords dating; customs; love; Milešov nad Vltavou; tradition; wedding
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Representing Courtship and Marriage in the English Novel, 1780-1860
Vomáčková, Lenka ; Nováková, Soňa (advisor) ; Beran, Zdeněk (referee)
This thesis focuses on the motifs of courtship and marriage as experienced by the female characters in the novels published from the end of the 18th century till the second half of the 19th century. These novels include Evelina (1778), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Jane Eyre (1847) and The Mill on the Floss (1860). As all these novels are written by female authors, the thesis provides a unique female perspective of the issue. The chosen texts deal with the motifs of courtship and marriage, play with the conventional discourse, and at the same time challenge the established perception of the role of a woman in the process of courting. Besides discussing the novels, I explore also the way the themes of courtship and marriage are presented in the original 18th and 19th century literature. For this purpose, I scrutinized various conduct books and essays of the period. The first chapter of the thesis is introductory and explains the main ideas and terms used in the thesis. The second chapter focuses on the social background the heroine comes from - her family, character and education. Hence, the role of the family is discussed in reference to the process of courtship. Great attention is given primarily to the role of a father as a possible social guardian and the model of a future husband. The third...
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