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Info(VR)architecture
Ponomarevová, Daniela ; Janoščík,, Václav (referee) ; Mikyta, Svätopluk (advisor)
In my bachelor thesis, which I called Info(VR)architecture, I base on my previous projects, in which I have developed through symbolic-dystopian narratives a reflection about human mortality and the fear of losing control, and the influence and power of information of the internet on the state of our shared reality. I deconstruct and reunite these into new constellations in which I explore the relationship between virtual and physical reality and the human being.
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Space Repairman
Rybníčková, Barbora ; Fexová, Patricie (referee) ; Artamonov, Vasil (advisor)
This bachelor´s thesis is a compilation of paintings telling a story of a man who is, in his dreams, becoming a repairman of a space objects and is thus metaphorically mending our world. Through my paintings of a space repairman, I am conveying the need to fix the damaged or broken interpersonal relationships and social structures.
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Cultural Imagination: The Science Fiction Genre Impact upon Our Mental Concepts of the Future
MÁLEK, Ondřej
This diploma thesis deals with the study of the collective imagination. It studies and observes variable linkages between spectator as well as productive imagination to the cultural environment, as they occur during the second half of the twentieth century, overlapping into the twenty-first century. The primary areas of research are predominantly literary and film works of the science fiction genre. The research is conducted using mainly discoursive analysis method, however, the thesis has its theoretical groundings in media studies, partly also in the fields of political theory, in the theory of fictional worlds, intercultural studies and philosophy of science. Employed approaches are purposefully tied to more or less closed case studies, which form the thematic content of individual chapters.
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Topos of artificial intelligence in 20th century American literature.
PODLAHA, Roman
The Diploma thesis is mainly focused on posthumanistic philosophical concepts present in American science fiction literature of 20th century. Stories selected are those where the key role is put on the presence of artificial intelligence. Thanks to the analysis and comparison of selected texts, the reader can easily recognize how classical humanistic concept of man is nowadays deeply transformed by the immersive use of hi-technology and, by extension artificial intelligence. The introduction is primarily concerned with basic terms and definitions of what we call philosophical posthumanism. The next part of the text is searching for the notion of "posthuman" in the most renowned American science fiction authors' works (Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, Richard Powers and more).
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Info(VR)architecture
Ponomarevová, Daniela ; Janoščík,, Václav (referee) ; Mikyta, Svätopluk (advisor)
In my bachelor thesis, which I called Info(VR)architecture, I base on my previous projects, in which I have developed through symbolic-dystopian narratives a reflection about human mortality and the fear of losing control, and the influence and power of information of the internet on the state of our shared reality. I deconstruct and reunite these into new constellations in which I explore the relationship between virtual and physical reality and the human being.
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Frank Herbert's Dune from the Ecocritical perspective
Duong Phuc, Giang ; Topolovská, Tereza (advisor) ; Ženíšek, Jakub (referee)
This thesis seeks to analyse Frank Herbert's Dune (1965) from the point of view of its treatment of ecology and determine the novel`s role as a pioneering work of science-fiction focussing on ecology. The theoretical part presents Dune within the context of Frank Herbert`s work as well as within the context of other works presenting a similar agenda. Consequently, the 1960s will be presented as the turning point for science-fiction writing as well as ecocriticism, the newly formed critical perspective. The interpretative part offers a deeper ecocritical analysis of Dune, with the emphasis on the role of water, the warp speed technological developments, and perusal of underlying environmental warnings. The thesis thus ultimately presents the ecocritical viewpoint of Dune, interpreting its potential ecological warnings and pondering upon possible ways to avoid ecological disaster. Key words: Frank Herbert, Dune, ecocriticism, science-fiction, water conservation, resource extraction
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Translation and stylistic analysis of a passage from Stargate Atlantis: The Lost, a novel by Jo Graham and Amy Griswold
Boško, Martin ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Pípalová, Renata (referee)
This Bachelor thesis deals with the literary translation of a part of a book called Stargate Atlantis: The Lost (2011) from English to Czech. It consists of three parts - the introduction, the practical part, and the theoretical part. Besides the introduction, there is a short passage in the first part that briefly synopsizes those of the Stargate series which preceded the book. This passage also familiarizes the reader with the Legacy series which was created after the end of the original series thanks to the work of some of its fans and is its unofficial continuation, mainly the Stargate Atlantis: Homecoming (2011) book, which is the immediate prequel of the book analyzed by this BA thesis. The practical part contains a mirror translation of the first three chapters created by the author of this thesis. The theoretical part of this work explores certain aspects of the translation and explains why the translation in the practical part is created the way it is. In addition to the explanation of the continuity principle regarding previous translations of the other parts of this series, which was the main motivation and a major influence on the way the translation was created, this part also lists the books of translation and linguistic theory which significantly contributed towards its scholarly...
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Podivný pán z Providence aneb Literární horor v pojetí Howarda Phillipse Lovecrafta a jeho odkaz v pop-kulturním prostoru
PODLAHA, Roman
The Bachelor thesis is mainly focused on horror literature written by American renowned author Howard Phillips Lovecraft. In the first part, the genre of horror as such and its history from the early beginnings is described. Thanks to this introduction, the reader can easily put Lovecraft's work into a broad context of the pop-culture field. The next part of the work is primarily concerned with basic themes and motives which efficiently define the form of Lovecraft's horror stories. To conclude with, the thesis presents several examples of author's reflection in the contemporary works of art.
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Three Versions of Solaris
Grajciar, Marek ; MRAVCOVÁ, Marie (advisor) ; VAJCHR, Marek (referee)
Diploma thesis deals with three forms of Solaris. Specifically with novel by Stanislaw Lem, a film adaptation of Andrei Tarkovsky and the second film adaptation of Steven Soderbergh. The aim of this work is comparison of individual authors practices that led to different semantic tone. Thesis analyzes six basic aspects of individual works: basis, genre, semantic structure, syntactic structure - a dramatic structure, characters and space-time.
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