This diploma thesis The image of American Movie Production in Czechoslovak Media of 1970's focuses on how the Czechoslovak media in the 1970's created the public perception of movies which had come from the American distribution to Czechoslovakia or were projected in the cinemas among the years 1970-1979. This thesis analyzes the manner in which selected national print media, influenced by the political trends, being partly designed for the general public (daily newspaper Rudé právo, Lidová demokracie) and partly addressed to specific target groups (film periodical Film a doba, Filmový přehled, Kino), reflected the issue and the contribution of individual movies; all of that under specific political and cultural circumstances. The main theme is the usage of the movie production and its presentation as a contemporary propaganda tool. The analytic part is based on examination of several articles and reviews found in some selected media and connected to the movies or its actors and makers. The analysis is focused on important arguments and assessments in the frame of the contemporary political development. The comparison of how the issue was perceived by the daily newspapers and by the film journals hopes to bring a new aspect and a new point of view to the film and history studies. .

The subject of this thesis is a genre analysis of Soviet film comedies of the late 60s and the 70s that is based on the reception and production history data. The aim of this research is to grasp this type of comedy as a specific political and socially-cultural phenomenon of the Eastern bloc and its relation to Soviet popular culture. A methodology of the genre analysis will derive from Rick Altman's semantic-syntactic approach, which will allow us to describe the chosen genre group as a complex genre trend set in the unique social, cultural, economic and in this particular case also ideological context, to follow the development and fluidity of the genre trend, as well as to find and to compare mutual attributes of the chosen films. The analysis will not be based solely on the group of the most watched films, but also on the production data focusing mostly on the films' budget, as well as dramaturgic supervision and censorship. Another part of the diploma thesis will be based on the gathered reception data such as contemporary media response and viewer ratings, focusing on the important role that Soviet film comedies played in the period and partially continue to play in the present-day Russian popular culture. Fusion of all analytic parts shall bring us to the basic definition of the Soviet film...

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T19:30:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Valeria Aparecida Alves.pdf: 11158129 bytes, checksum: 197fdc3394b6120655436bb40ebb7714 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-06-10 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The object of study of this research has singled out Torquato de Araújo Neto, who experienced political, economical, and cultural transformations in the late 1950 s and the early 1970 s. He participated actively in the tropicalism movement in music and in the marginal or underground movie production. He also used the press, a privileged medium, to debate and explicit the context in which he was living. From the analysis of Torquato Neto s life s path and discourse, this work aimed at problematizing the Brazilian cultural production during the period of authoritarianism and at discussing the proposals for a renewed Brazilian popular music, the debate among artists and intellectuals, and the various forms of resistance. The research was carried out using the following sources of information: song lyrics, three newspaper columns - Música Popular, published in the Sports newspaper in 1967, Plug, published in Correio da Manhã in 1970, and Geléia Geral, published in Última Hora also in 1970. Other sources were letters, notes, poems, and images about the tropicalism movement found on record covers, in O Estado de São Paulo, Folha de São Paulo and Folha da Tarde newspapers, and in Veja magazine. Videos which registered the stage performance of the movement participants were also used. It is possible to conclude that, during the period of time when increasing measures were taken to curtail freedoms and to repress, a number of artists and intellectuals resisted that arbitrariness and protested against the established order, using the defense that Creating is resisting. They marginally produced, searched for alternative spaces and a new aesthetic language. They displayed anarchic behavior in relation to political and cultural order. They revendicated freedom in every aspect of life, and Torquato Neto was the spokesman of this defense movement / A pesquisa ora apresentada privilegiou como objeto de estudo Torquato de Araújo Neto. Sujeito que vivenciou as transformações políticas, econômicas e culturais ocorridas entre o final dos anos 50 e início da década de 1970. Participante ativo do tropicalismo musical e da produção do cinema marginal ou underground, ocupou espaço privilegiado a imprensa para debater e explicitar o contexto vivido. Buscou-se a partir da análise da trajetória e discurso de Torquato Neto, problematizar a produção cultural brasileira durante o período de vigência do autoritarismo e discutir as propostas de renovação para a Música Popular Brasileira, o debate entre artistas e intelectuais e as diversas formas de resistência. As fontes utilizadas para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa foram: as letras das canções, as colunas Música Popular , publicada no jornal dos Sports, no ano de 1967, Plug , no Correio da Manhã e Geléia Geral , no jornal Última Hora, ambos na década de 1970, além de cartas, anotações e poemas, as imagens produzidas sobre o movimento tropicalista, encontradas nas capas dos discos, nas fotos publicadas na imprensa, nos jornais O Estado de São Paulo, Folha de São Paulo e Folha da Tarde e na revista Veja, além dos vídeos que registraram a performance de seus integrantes nos palcos. Através desta pesquisa, conclui-se que durante o período de ampliação das medidas de cerceamento das liberdades e repressão, uma parcela de artistas e intelectuais resistiu ao arbítrio e protestou contra a ordem estabelecida, assumindo a defesa de que Criar é resistir . Produziram à margem, buscaram espaços alternativos e uma nova linguagem estética. Assumiram uma postura anárquica em relação à ordem política e cultural. Reivindicavam liberdade, em todos os sentidos, e Torquato Neto foi porta-voz dessa defesa

The master thesis attempts to characterise the staging poetics of Miroslav Macháček, one of the most remarkable Czech theatre directors of the second half of the 20th century. Based on his stage works in the 70's and 80's at the National Theater, the author of this thesis attempts to make a reconstruction of all his productions of that period; and thus the detailed analysis of the more significant productions characteristic to the director's style is provided. In order to define the stagings, the author bases her research upon archival theater reviews and studies in particular periodicals, photographical materials from the productions and in some cases also audiovisual recordings. Furthermore, other sources include the director's correspondence, notes about his work and the memories of his contemporary witnesses. The thesis also focuses on the historical context and the conditions at the National Theater of that particular time, which influenced Macháček's activity there.

This diploma thesis - The image of Italian films in Czechoslovak film journals in years 1965- 1975 is devoted to the manner of display, presentation and evaluation of Italian cinematography in the magazines Kino and Film a doba. The first part of this work describes the social and political environment in Czechoslovakia and in Italy, with an emphasis on culture, film and print media. The attention is focused on the end of the 1960's, when in Czechoslovakia the totalitarian political development was strengthened after an effort to democratize society, whilst in Italy the democratic development of the capitalist society was maintained, despite the pressures of the left-wing forces. The analytical part of the thesis uses qualitative methods and examines the contents of articles in the chosen periodicals. It follows the arguments of film publicists and critics and reveals how the social atmosphere and movements was portrayed by Italian filmmakers. The work focuses on analyzing the articles about Italian movies of different genres and styles, to which film themes was given more space, how was reviewed the work of filmmakers and actors and how was characterized the Italian cinema in general. The conclusion of the thesis summarizes the results of the analysis in the context of the political situation in...

[pt] O presente trabalho procura apresentar algumas questões que envolvem a trajetória de Eça de Queirós na construção de sua atividade literária ao longo da segunda metade do século XIX, analisando o projeto de modernização de Portugal utilizado pelo escritor, a fim de cumprir o seu propósito inicial, anunciado nas Conferências do Casino: regenerar Portugal através da literatura, cujas marcas principais são a denúncia e a intervenção. A partir da análise de textos, produzidos entre os anos de 1871 e 1888, a tese busca indagar sobre o papel do intelectual exercido por Eça de Queirós. Por intermédio da crítica mordaz da primeira fase, associdada à fina ironia dos seus romances mais maduros, Eça inaugura o romance moderno português, como parte do seu projeto de tornar Portugal uma nação reconhecidamente européia. O riso sarcástico, a ambiguidade e a galeria de tipos reconhecidamente portugueses são marcas de seu estilo, e constituem ferramenta fundamental para a evidência do seu papel como intelectual das letras em Portugal no século XIX. / [en] The present work aims to present some questions that involve Eça de Queirós s trajectory in the construction of his literary production during the second half of the 18th century, by analyzing the modernization project of Portugal used by the writer, in order to accomplish his initial purpose, announced in the Conferences of the Casino: to regenerate Portugal through literature, whose main marks are denunciation and intervention. Starting from the analysis of texts, produced from 1871 to 1888, the thesis attempts to investigate the role of the intellectual played by Eça de Queirós. Through the bitter criticism of his first phase, along with the fine irony of his riper romances, Eça inaugurates the Portuguese modern romance, as part of his project of turning Portugal into a recognized European nation. The sarcastic laughter, the ambiguity and the gallery of typically Portuguese characters are marks of his style, and offer a fundamental tool to the evidence of his role as an intellectual in the arts of Portugal in the 18th century. / [fr] Le propos de cette Thèse est de présenter quelques aspects de la trajectoire de Eça de Queiroz dans la construction de son activité littéraire au cours de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, en faisant l examen du projet de modernisation du Portugal utilisé par l écrivain en vue de remplir son objectif initial, annoncé dans les Conférences du Casino : régénérer le Portugal à travers la littérature, dont les principales marques sont la plainte et l intervention. Dès l analyse de textes produits entre les années 1871 et 1888, la thèse vise à renseigner sur le rôle d intellectuel joué par Eça de Queiroz. Grâce à la critique acerbe de la première phase, associée à l ironie de ses romans d âge mûr, Eça inaugure le roman portugais moderne, dans le cadre de son projet de rendre le Portugal une nation reconnue comme Européenne. Le rire sarcastique, l ambiguïté et la galerie de types caractéristiquement portugais sont des marques de son style, et sont un outil fondamental pour la preuve de son rôle d intellectuel des lettres au Portugal au XIXe siècle.