Didactic prose is a specific type of narrative creation, a very important part of Lithuanian writings of the XIX century. The intention of such literature is to offer countrymen a possibility to enlighten one, to broaden their knowledge of the world, to deepen the consciousness of moral decisions. Apart from the aim of enlightenment this literature is often inclined to educate or moralize the addressee, to give him appropriate or inappropriate examples (exempla) that are good or wrong to follow. To prove didactic truths writers often set a “live example” in the centre of the writing – an example of a person (or people’s community); in the writing it is a character, or personage (literary portrait). The term “literary portrait” is described the most directly by the Russian literature researcher V.S.Barachovas. According to him the portrait is firstly necessary to mark the image of the literary personage; that is the way of the “literary portrait” appearance. The writer shows the literary portrait in a certain environment – in the plot of the writing where the described hero as if “lives”. Here his individuality, mindset, character is revealed while talking, thinking, also through behavior, various actions. According to Barachovas in the creative activity (literature creation), as well as in the biography, the individual living of the character is revealed showing him in diverse manners (see pg. 6-7). This master’s paper analyses the ways in which the mentioned literary... [to full text]

Prekių ženklas – įvairialypis darinis. Vis dažniau girdime, kad stiprus brandas – itin svarbus ginklas konkurencinėje kovoje. Specialistai pabrėžia, jog investuoti į prekių ženklo populiarumą tenka kryptingai ir ilgai. Adekvačiam vystančių procesų įvairiose rinkose supratimui bei kokybiškų prekių ženklo strategijų parengimui būtina gilintis į įvairių produktų rinkų raidos tendencijas. Šiuo metu alaus pramonė yra viena pelningiausių pramonės šakų Lietuvoje. Iš tiesų dabartinė alaus pramonės situacija yra tikrai gera – modernizuota gamyba ir išplėsta vartotojų rinka užtikrina teigiamus verslo pelno rodiklius ir stabilumą. Daugeliui vartotojų alus yra puikiai žinomas gaminys, tačiau jo funkcinių ypatybių supanašėjimas verčia gamintojus sukti galvas, kaip efektyviai kurti ir stiprinti savo prekių ženklą, išskirti jį iš konkurentų būrio. Tai suponuoja analitinius temos pasirinkimo motyvus. Tiriant pagrindinį darbo objektą - alaus prekių ženklų kūrimą ir valdymą Lietuvoje, siekiama pagrindinio darbo tikslo - išanalizuoti Lietuvos alaus rinką ir paaiškinti kaip prekių ženklo pagrindinė žinutė ir vertybės gali veikti jo vertę ir konkurencingumą. Darbe keliama hipotezė, jog žinutės vientisumo ir išskirtinumo trūkumas dažnai lemia alaus prekių ženklų konkurencinio pranašumo mažėjimą Lietuvoje. Jai pagrįsti: nagrinėjama teorinė literatūra, susijusi su prekių ženklo reikšme ir jo kūrimo strategijos pagrindais; stengiamasi ištirti, kokie faktoriai sąlygoja prekių ženklo vertę (ang. brand... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Brand is a miscellaneous formation. More and more often we hear that a strong brand is an especially important tool in the competitive struggle. Specialists emphasize that investments to popularity of brand require significant time and efforts. It is imperative to analyze the market development tendencies of different products, for adequate understanding of processes that take place in various markets, and for preparation of quality-based brand strategies. Currently beer industry is one of the most profitable industries in Lithuania. Indeed, the current situation in beer industry is very favourable – modernized manufacture and expanded consumer market secure the positive business profit indicators and stability. Beer for many users is a well familiar product, but similarities in its functional features lay manufacturers under necessity to invent efficient strategies for their brand development and consolidation, and distinguishing it from competitors. This implies the analytic motivation of topic selection. While researching the basic work object – development and management of beer brands in Lithuania, the main goal of work is pursued – to analyse the Lithuanian beer market, and explain the ways of how the main message of beer brand and values affects its equity and competitive ability. The work envisages a hypothesis that lack of message congruency and distinctiveness often determine the reduction of beer brand competitive ability in Lithuania for substantiation of this... [to full text]