The topic of the following MA thesis is the theme of self-destruction in the works of Chuck Palahniuk, an American author whose novels frequently deal with the disintegration of contemporary society. Self-destruction, which the author often describes in violent details, is in his works portrayed as a form of civil disobedience and as a tool for dealing with social and personal problems. The first section of the thesis will explore the legacy of civil disobedience in American culture as well as violence as a recurring motif in US literature. The next section deals with transgressive fiction, a type of literature Palahniuk is frequently connected to, followed by an overview of his literary output. The last part of the thesis further explores some of his novels and the role self-destruction plays in them.

Bc. & BcA. Eva Hadravová, Praha 2019 Hearing the Unspoken Materiality of the Voices of Literary Characters Annotation The aim of the thesis is to introduce the field of sound-imaginary perception and interpretaion of voices of literary characters. It is focused mostly on the analysis of "fictional physis" or "materiality" of the voice, which is realized by the implicit reader through inner listening to the literary dialogues. Mentally-acoustic aspect of character's speeches will be commented from the perspective of psycholinguistics, oral studies and related philosophical statements; later it will be confronted with the literary theory. The final part of the thesis is devoted to the interpretaion of direct speeches from the selected extracts from Czech literature of the 20th century.

This diploma thesis deals with the problem of identity in the novel by contemporary Czech writer Pavel Brycz The Long Lost Glory of the Patriarchy. It emerges from the concept of identity as a process of understanding one's self, the meaning of one's life, one's awareness of his place in an individual image of the world. Based on analysis of characters we try to show how Pavel Brycz portrays various aspects of identity (national, personal, social, professional, gender). Structurally, the thesis is divided into two parts: the first one is devoted to the basic characteristics of identity and represents the generalization of various concepts of identity from the point of view of philosophy, psychology, sociology and literary theory; the second part deals with the analysis of the characters of Brycz's novel The Long Lost Glory of the Patriarchy, which shows that each character carries a certain distinctive identity.

The purpose of this diploma thesis is an analysis of selected texts of three popular American authors (Stephenie Mayer, Anne Rice, Tim Burton), who develop the tradition of Gothic literature in their prose writing and film making. This thesis attempts to show how the particular Gothic elements are used in selected works (ex.: the vampire or monster character, the theme of violence or death). In the introductory theoretical chapter the specific character of Anglo-American Gothic prose is explained, and in the following chapters the separate themes are analysed. In this context the literary influences, as well as the originality of the stories, are considered (Horace Walpole, Mary Shelley, Ch. R. Maturin, Bram Stoker), and the contribution of the analysed texts for the coming development of Gothic literature is assessed.

The diploma thesis focuses on diverse representations of the house in selected British novels since 1906. The novels have been chosen in reference to the importance assigned to houses in terms of plot, characters, and setting, each offering a unique vision of the house. A house is perceived as a home, as a possession or as a work of art. The novels by E.M. Forster, John Galsworthy and Simon Mawer are viewed through the prism of Phenomenology, namely the essays of Martin Heidegger, Jan Patočka and Anna Hogenová. This type of analysis provides an insight into the motivations of the individual characters, but also a deeper understanding of the function and role of the house in fiction as well as in reality. All the works are studied accordingly in the context of a wider social, cultural and aesthetic background. Key words: British fiction, Phenomenology, House, Home, Modernism, Work of Art

This diploma thesis concentrates on businessmen using a data box to communicate with state authorities and business partners. It identifies and quantifies advantages and disadvantages of this service and also proposes certain improvements so that the system of data boxes can be used to its full potential. The thesis has two parts - the literature research part and the original research part. The literature research part characterizes the development of e-government in the Czech Republic, defines basic terms of the data box system and describes its functioning. The original research characterizes the ways of working with data boxes in sample subjects. Based on this research the thesis proposes possible improvements including their economic interpretation.

The submitted master's thesis focuses on issues of fiction. First, it pursues the competing definitions of the term itself in order to define it as non-referential sign afterwards. In chapters two to four it presents and comments three traditional approaches to fiction formal, semantic and pragmatic. In chapter five, which is the largest one of the entire work, it addresses in the writings of theorists who largely try to move around the presumed border between fictional and factual narration, usually represented by historiographical works. And finally in chapter six it deals with insights brought to the traditional theories of fiction by two versions of relatively new discipline the simulation theory.

Judgment by acknowledgment on the basis of fiction Abstract This diploma thesis deals with the judgment by acknowledgment. It is an institute of civil procedural law. The judgment by acknowledgment can be issued on the basis of the express content of the defendant or applicatioan of the legal fiction of the acknowledgment. This paper deals with both types of judgment of acknowledgment but the main part is devoted to the fiction of acknowledgment. The thesis is divided into six chapters. Chapter One describes the history of the judgment by acknowledgment on Czech territory. Chapter Two deals with the issuance of a qualified call for expression and the requirements that are put on the expression of the defendant. Chapter Three analyzes legal conditions for issuing a judgment of acknowledgment based on both the express content of the defendant and the fiction of acknowledgement. In this chapter are also described the remedies that can be applied against it. Chapter Four is dedicated to the judgment of the Constitutional Court, which ruled on the constitutionality of the qualified call and the judgment of acknowledgment based on fiction. The majority of judges were in favor of preserving the contested provisions. In the justification and also in the statements of dissenting judges were confronted the...

The principle of party disposition and its restriction in civil proceedings Abstract in English The submitted diploma thesis deals with the principle of party disposition in civil proceedings which is a guiding principle of civil proceedings, however, it is heavily restricted in the Code of Civil Procedure. The main aim of this thesis is to emphasise the importance of the principle of party disposition in civil proceedings, identify the number of institutes which are restricted, deal with reasons of this restriction of the principle of party disposition, and propose possible changes, which would preserve the principle of party disposition completely. The first part of the thesis presents a theoretical definition of the principle of party disposition. It is also necessary to discuss other legal principles which are connected to the principle of party disposition because it never appears alone, as it is always accompanied by another general principle. This part of the thesis also focuses on the history of the principle of party disposition in civil proceedings. The crucial period for discussed principle was the first half of the 20th century because the disposition principle was not restricted at all. On the other hand, the second half of the 20th century represents a period of strict restrictions of the...

The thesis attempts to present a comparative reading of selected works by Egon Hostovský with an emphasis on the poetics associated with the themes of memory and recollection. Attention is focused mainly on the role that the memory of the protagonists plays in the constitution of the narrating subject and other characters of the literary piece, on the relationship between memories and fiction (i. e. memory and imagination) and on the origin and function of sentimental or nostalgic motives that emerge in this context. The core of the thesis consists of reading Hostovský's works written between 1930s and 1940s. Key words: Egon Hostovský, memory, recollection, narrative identity, fiction, nostalgia