The topic of this thesis is the work of David Jařab and Dušan D. Pařízek - two of the leading figures in Komedie Theatre from years 2002 to 2012. It tries to capture some of the principles of both author´s work and focuses on their work on Komedie´s scene only. After a brief introduction to the history of Komedie Theatre and Pražské komorní divadlo (Prague theatre ensemble), this thesis analyses the theatre´s further dramaturgy, both author´s topic selection and their working with text. In the next part it gets to the formal elements in the authors´s plays - successively it describes stage design, costumes, music or visual effects. Last part of this thesis is about some common specific points that we could find in Jařab and Pařízek´s production, about their approach to acting and combining space and text. And in the very end there is a general reflection of Komedie Theatre under the lead of Pražské komorní divadlo besides trying to find possible reasons why these two figures helped to create such acclaimed scene. The objective of this thesis is to describe the work of David Jařab and Dušan D. Pařízek in Prague´s Komedie Theatre and to detect principles of their production and mutual collaboration.

This diploma thesis deals with the topic of crazy comedy of the contemporary creator of the author type of productions, Antonín Procházka. The inclusion of the author amongst creators of the author-type productions defines Procházka as the author who writes, directs and plays in his theatre plays. The aim of the diploma thesis is to analyze the comedies of the author from the point of view of the construction of the crazy comedy and in terms of how to build comic situations and work with humor. I try to find out if there are features and procedures that are typical of his plays and how his plays respect and use the rules of the genre of crazy comedy. Diploma thesis also includes work with specialist literature and an analysis of available professional reviews and period reviews. In the beginning, I present aims and structure this diploma thesis. In the first part of the thesis I briefly describe the life of the author, and in more detail, I deal with the inspiration and the facts that influenced the author's work. Treatise on the crazy comedy complements this thesis because of a comprehensive view of the issue. The diploma thesis is complemented by the theoretical grounding of the crazy comedy, its characters, level and construction of humor, for a comprehensive view of the issue. In the main part...

En produktiv ambivalens som lar absurd slapstick forenes med dypt gravalvor i et spill mellom abstrakt og konkret. Gjennom mine arbeider forsøker jeg blande sammen eller sette ulike referanser opp mot hverandre og med dette frammane en følelse av tvetydighet som jeg ofte opplever/A productive ambivalence that allows absurd slapstick to come together with the gravely serious in a play between the abstract and the concrete. Through my works I try to blend or contrast different references and thereby evoke a feeling of ambiguity that I often experience.

(in English): The thesis looks at the transfer of humour in audiovisual texts in sitcoms. The theoretical part introduces the topic, including types of jokes, strategies relating to the transfer of humour and the factors influencing the choice of a particular strategy. The empirical part is based on the analysis of professional and amateur subtitles of the British sitcom Miranda. This part analyses the humour of the series from the polysemiotic perspective. It focuses on the strategies of the transfer of language-dependent, cultural and complex jokes, the functionality of translation based on whether a humorous effect is produced or not, and the differences between the strategies of professional and amateur translators.

This Master's diploma thesis deals with the work of French playwright Molière, to be more precise, with types of characters in his plays. The thesis is not only based on Molière's main works Don Juan, Tartuffe or The Miser but it also studies characters in comedies like The Bourgeois Gentleman, Scapin's Deceits and others. It distinguishes two categories, major and minor characters. Nevertheless the attention is particularly focused on the minor characters. The goal of the thesis is to show what importance the characters have in Molière's plays and what is their role. Keywords: Classicism, Comedy, Molière, Character, French Drama, French Literature, Secondary Character

The Master's thesis is focused on research of the Italian academic discourse from the years 1891-2008 dealing with the influence of the visual culture of Ravenna on Dante's Divine Comedy. One of the scholars that can be placed in the context of Italian discourse is the philologist and aesthetician Jaroslav Hruban, the only Czech scholar who occupied himself with the relationship between Dante and Ravenna and continuously followed up the development of the interwar Italian Dantology. The thesis puts forward two questions: how the scholars of the Italian academic discourse and Jaroslav Hruban reflect the relationship of Dante and Ravenna, and if we can trace the influence of the visual culture of Ravenna (especially of the mosaics from the 5th and 6th centuries) in the text of Dante's Divine Comedy. The questions are solved by application of the historiographic methods that were used to examine Italian Dantology, the methods of literary studies and art history by which analysis and comparison of the text and imagery were performed, and also the methods of visual culture that were used to reconstruct the image of Ravenna during the time of Dante's stay in the town and his "period eye". The scholars believe that the inspirational influences of the Ravenna mosaics and visual culture on Dante's Divine...

This diploma thesis focuses on Czech teen comedies produced during the 2000s and the production practices associated with them. The thesis defines a teenage film as a film that not only thematizes adolescence, but primarily targets an adolescent audience. In other words, the film's creators were consciously aiming at teenagers. The basic conceptual framework used to select individual films is the category of film cycle, which is defined as a series of typologically related films produced over a limited period of time, while also conforming to the same genre conventions of a dominant genre trend. The selected films are analyzed at a specific historical moment with emphasis on the wider context of the contemporary film and media industry. The methodological approach is based on production studies and industrially oriented genre theory which views genre primarily as an industrial concept that should be examined in relation to the film business. The analysis of the production practice used in the teen comedies is grounded in interviews with the film creators. This thesis aims to show how individual producers used the business opportunities available to them at the time, how the industrial conditions are reflected in their work, and how they thought about the concepts of genre and film cycle while...

The thesis is divided into two parts, one theoretical and one empirical. The first one presents origin and different perception of the boulevard comedy genre in France, Czech Republic, Germany, United Kingdom and USA. Afterwards, a brief characteristic of the boulevard comedy is presented in terms of content and subject matter. Four kinds of comedy are presented - comedy of manners, comedy of situation, comedy of intrigue and interactive comedy. The translatological analysis of the Czech translation of the French humorist Laurent Baffie's contemporary play Toc toc by the director and translator Jaromír Janeček constitutes the second main part of the thesis. The analysis is based on the theoretical studies of Jiří Levý and Jan Mukařovský, which are dealing with the translation of drama, and also on the theory of so-called Manipulation school of André Lefevere. Several problems have arised from the detailed analysis of the original text. The comparison of the translation and the original text is made on the ground of these problems. Subsequently, there is an evaluation of the translation. In some cases, a different solution is proposed. The work is supplemented by insights into the translation practice, which are drawn from personal interviews with translators and experts on drama.

This thesis introduces two author's fairy tale musicals called Snow White and Cinderella. These musicals are intended for the early and late school-aged children. To understand the broader context and to provide for more information about this particular genre, the theoretical part discusses how musicals as a musical genre was created and then, it discusses its development, changes, forms and main features. It provides the information about the development of musicals in both the Czech Republic and abroad. Then, it elaborates on the professional musicals production for children (being the performers), again both abroad and in the Czech Republic. This is then followed by a practical part that introduces the two pieces mentioned above. It presents the information about their creation, realisation and motivation. In addition, it presents a critical analysis of their appropriateness for the child performers in light of their musical skills, abilities and the specifics of this age group while focusing on the music components of these pieces, such as melodic and harmonic aspects of the musicals, any key issues and issues of the transition from one key to another, rhythm, tempo changes and any challenges given by the dramatic expression and ability to speak other languages. The analysis was performed...

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...