The present MA thesis explores the concept of a female body and voice and their transformations as presented by various American writers. The chosen male authored works include Washington Square by Henry James, The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, and The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon, for these writers delineate their heroines Catherine Sloper, Lady Brett Ashley, and Oedipa Maas in a turbulent period of their lives when they attempt to break with the obsolescent roles of passive and obedient daughters, partners, and wives. These fictional agents use different kinds of resistance, but as women, they are, nevertheless, mediated through the dominant male and masculine discourse that pervades the fictionalized societies in which these female agents appear. As for fictional work by female writers, without the assumption that the gender of the writer makes any literary work more or less "feminine", I have chosen The Awakening by Kate Chopin, The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, a short-story "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor, and Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker. The female heroines of the selected literary works bear a number of traumas women have had to endure under the patriarchal order and this thesis will address those traumas, their manifestation in the female psyche, and how...

RULCOVÁ, Simona. The integration of the Slovak ethnic minority in Czech society. Praha: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2016. 113 pp. Master Degree Thesis. The Slovak minority is considered to be the most integrated minority in the Czech Republic. The work offers an analysis of the cultural diversity, focusing on the Slovak minority and the transformation of its identity. It summarizes examples of the social integration of Slovaks in the Czech Republic and assesses its role in a real life. The Slovak question in the Czech environment is also presented in a historical perspective, but the main emphasis is put on the analysis of current situation. The work is complemented by own filed research that it maps the real situatiton of transformations of identity and the social integration of the representatives of the Slovak minority, including the functionality of the institution which deals with the integration of the Slovak minority. Keywords: identity, Slovak ethnic minority, integration, Czech Republic, migration.

This study deals with Czech speakers in Australia, focusing on their use of the Czech and English languages as tools of belonging to a community. Its aim is to discuss the situation of Czech speakers on the continent from the perspective of a small Czech language in an English-speaking country. The starting point for the study is scientific publications on bilingualism, multilingualism and transnationalism issued in the Czech and English-speaking environments. Another source is books about the history of the immigration and language policies in Australia and about the Australian identity. Finally, the methods involve field research based on participant observation of groups of Czechs in social networks and during Czech church services in Sydney in November 2015. Fieldwork is also based on semi-structured interviews which took place in Australia between August 2014 and January 2016. They were intended to study the reality of Czech speakers in Australia and to illustrate the theories on the use of language by bilingual speakers in the Australian context. The first part of this study gives the theoretical background to the notions of transnationalism, belonging to a group, bilingualism and changes in language use. The second part focuses on language and immigration policies of the states of Australia...

The main aim of this study is to investigate the effect of gender in adolescent Theory of Mind. The term Theory of Mind (TOM) was introduced more than 30 years ago. Most of the TOM studies investigated Theory of Mind among animals, infants, children and clinical patients. Based on literature review, we know that developmental changes do not stop in childhood but continue through adolescence and into adulthood. Evidently there is a lack of studies on Theory of Mind in adolescents, despite the fact that adolescence is a critical stage for social, emotional and relationship skills. One of the variables important for our research is the effect of gender and gender identity. Gender differences are considered one of the least examined aspects of TOM, and further studies are not specifically aimed to gender-related differences. The tests we employed were Reading Mind in the eyes test (revised version, RMET-R) and Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI). Statistical analysis revealed that older adolescents (17- year old) scored significantly higher than younger (16-year old) on the RMET-R test. There were no significant differences between females and males on the RMET-R test performance results. We found no significant effect of gender identity, feminine traits and familiarity with TOM stimuli in relation to RMET-R...

The diploma thesis examines the oeuvre of João de Melo in view of the fundamental topics of his poetics, namely the tragic sense of life, ancient space-time, ontological metamorphosis of humans and animals, escapes, peculiar religiosity, isolation and imagination, shared marginalization and language distance. The Azoriatity is estimated on the basis of the chosen topics and on comparison with Portuguese identity, and the correlation between center and peripheral areas is analyzed. Abstrakt Diplomová práce se zabývá studiem nosných rysů v díle Joãa de Mela, zejména tragickým pocitem života, odvěkým časoprostorem, ontologickými metamorfózami zvířat a lidí, útěky, specifickou religiozitou, izolací a imaginací, sdílenou marginalizací a jazykovou vzdáleností. Následně jsou tyto rysy klasifikovány z hlediska jejich azořanství, které je nahlídnuto také z hlediska portugalské identity a ve vztahu centra a periferie. Klíčová slova: azořanství, identita, ostrov, moře, sopka, emigrace, koloniální válka

Title: The concept of internal PR in dance school Easy Dance 2000 Objectives: Creating an internal PR concept in dance school Easy Dance 2000 for the school year of 2017/2018 based on analysis carried out in dance school and selected interest groups of the dance school. Methods: The analysis of in-groups was used in this thesis for selecting the interests groups. Qualitative research methods, specifically observer surveys, in-depth interviews, and focal groups, were used for further analyzes of current situation and current relationships with interest groups. Results: The research shows that employees and members have a positive attitude towards dance school, trust each other and positively describe the overall atmosphere of the school. Problems occur in a lack of information, in group members' relationships and in dance styles, or in small possibilities of getting involved as members. The created concept includes a specific layout of tools for each month of the school year 2017/2018. To raise internal public awareness of all things the concept includes informational meetings with employees, informational first dance lessons and creating magazine ED News. To make long-term relationships the concept includes creating box of wishes and help, or a regular 5-minute chat focused on members' personal...

AbstractAbstractAbstractAbstract This diploma thesis aims to contribute to the field of speaker recognition in the domain of temporal changes in the speech signal. After a brief introduction into forensic phonetics, it gives an outline of approaches and factors which help or hinder successful recognition. The focus is then shifted to the temporal structure of speech and approaches to its analysis currently in use. The practical section of this thesis consists of an experiment designed to assess the contribution of certain temporal measures to speaker recognition. The variables used here are %V (the proportion of vocalic intervals within a sentence), ΔV and ΔC (the standard deviation of the duration of vocalic/consonantal intervals within a sentence), VarcoV and VarcoC (the previous variables normalised for average interval duration) and the Pairwise Variability Indices, both vocalic and consonantal, raw and normalised. Beside these, another variable is used to capture the local articulation rate and especially final deceleration in the utterances - LAR (the inverse of the distance between successive midpoints of the vocalic intervals). Whereas the first mentioned variables are not very successful in distinguishing the speakers, LAR seems very well suited for capturing speaker idiosyncrasies, although...

Theory of archetypes is one of several methods how to find the direction for building and managing of brand. This theory is based on theories C. G. Jung. Main objective of this thesis is to find out how companies on Czech market are using archetypal identity. And whether they have urge to use archetypes or similar approaches. In this thesis are also mentioned other theories, methods and methodologies, which helps with building and managing of brands. Practical part of this thesis is about branding of insurance companies. Main element of this part is quality research, especially interview with experts, which have lot of experience with branding and archetypes. Next part of thesis is focused on analysis of communication strategies of largest insurance companies on Czech market and on analysis of rebranding ING to NN in 2015.

Presented thesis describes theme "Corporate culture" in business organization. It gives the overview of theoretical approaches of different authors about points at issue corporate culture. In thesis are depicted topics such as factors of direction and control, motivation and organizational structure. It narrates the way from identity to image of business organization. Practical part is devoted to analysis of corporate culture in organization WEBCOM-AXPERIENCE a.s. and the main aim is to suggest precautions, which will better contribute to accomplishing the organizational long-range goals.

This paper is divided into theoretical and methodological part. First part defines the concept of the company brand, its role as a non-tangible asset, its value and methods of measurement and the process of strategic management of the brand value. Second part discusses the history of the L'Oréal Group, explains the main steps of the research. It focuses on student's perception of the importance of job conditions and psychological traits in a company as well as evaluation of L'Oréal's performance on these aspects.