The thesis provides an analysis of German language reading books, which were used for German language teaching in the area of the Czech statě in the period of 1800 - 2000. The thesis consists of four parts. The first part, "Úvodní slovo", defines the objectives and the hypothesis of the work, describes the methodology and summarizes the present knowledge of German mythology. The second part, "Teorie textových materiálů a problém germánské mytologie" is also theoretical part of the thesis. Within the second section, the basic characteristics of teaching text materials are provided together with the content and main objective of teaching the German language and literature. Furthermore, German mythology and approach of Czech people to it is described in this section together with its didactical use. The third part is an empirical part resulting directly from the analysis of reading books of particular periods of time. The main objective of the theses was to describe the knowledge of German mythology which secondary school students were required to have in period of 1800 and 2000. Knowledge of the classical mythology had the principál role in the past. Classical mythology was much more popular than any other mythology, including German mythology. Practically no information about German mythology was available...

The work concerns symbolism and mythological meaning of animals in the literature of Romanticism. It concentrates on the works of S. T. Colerige, W. Wordsworth, G. G. Byron, H. Melville and E. A. Poe.

The aim of the diploma thesis, Mythology as a Source of the Harry Potter Series, is focused on inspirational sources which influenced the writer Joanne Kathleen Rowling. It organizes the mythology of characters and animals in successions of stories about Harry Potter. The basis of the thesis is the formulation of terms mythology, myth, Carl Gustav Jung's archetype and the analysis of encyclopaedic sources (Encyklopaedia Mythica). The main emphasis is put on the comparison of these features of mythology and archetype with literary characters and animals in particular stories about Harry Potter.

The thesis presents the mythological studies of the German Romantics. The research focuses on the four important mythologists - Johann Gottfried Herder, Friedrich Creuzer, Karl Otfried Müller and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling. The analysis of their work leads to their specific concept of the myth. The early enlightenment tendencies, which rejected the myths as stories about gods of the undeveloped men were replaced with the conception of the romantics. They disclosed the symbolic character of the myths and explained the origin and nationalization of the myth on the basis of the symbol theory. At the same time they award truth to the mythological process which the man necessarily goes through. The creation of God in the mind of man is clarified with the philosophy of mythology. This way the romantics contribute to the development of the mythology towards a critical historical science.

The Body as a subject and object is the way and possibility how to be in a landscape which does not tell how to touch it, how to move within it, live and die. However, we could find and see which particular behaviour is preferred to others. The landscape is a vertically and horizontally widespread area and a platform for potential range of body activities. Thirdly it is also a material, body, changing in time. We would focus on the moment when the body is trying to fuse into the landscape. So similar, so different, they are. The way how to achieve it for a human body would be a task to live it through, personally, as first shown as Symbiosis, on some examples from visual arts (performance, and site-specific usage of the place potential). In the Second part we would consider understanding the landscape (world) through the narratives with metamorphoses, when both entities are carnal and the same (Synonymical: body as a landscape, landscape as a body). The last Part (Synthesis) concentrates on the arts, rituals, philosophy and other modes of the "life view" in the context of crossing borders and immersion of real and the "different" (in a way virtual) world. Keywords: Body, landscape, arts, mythology, philosophy

This diploma thesis focuses on Marie Kudeříková (1921-1943), an almost forgotten figure of the Czech resistance to Nazi occupation, but previously a significant heroine of the Czech state socialist era. It observes her representations in various stages since 1946 to the present and scrutinizes the vitality of her myth and her personal life experience. The thesis tries to show how her life experience was connected to the officially constructed socialist myth, while this fact had determined her following representations and reading of the figure. Hence it shows how the myth of Marie Kudeříková was given by the changes of the official discourse, cultural policy and contemporary ideologies. The mythical constructions of the state socialism are then compared with post-communist representations of her person.

The thesis deals with the analysis of biblical and mythological elements in the fantastic series The Chronicles of Narnia. The theoretical part focuses on the life of the writer C. S. Lewis and his sources of inspiration that led him to write his work. These include mainly the medieval romance and mythological characters. The second part analyzes and characterizes biblical and mythological elements that have been found in the stories. The thesis focuses on the moral values of the series and its contribution. The conclusion contains a brief summary of biblical and mythological elements, as well as the moral values.

The diploma thesis The Role of Symbols and Myths in (contemporary) Comics focuses on different functions of symbols and myths in fictional comics worlds, especially their different roles in comics from Japanese or Anglo-American area. The connection of comics and mythology brings up the analysis of the concept of heroic archetype which often appears in stories. I will chart the evolution of hero from the mythological one over superheroes to the contemporary modern hero and I will evidence his influence on the contemporary comics. Later, I will analyze how these fictional worlds are built on the logic of the actual world.

The theoretical part of the diploma thesis entitled {\clqq}Scandinavian myths and legends, cycle of combined technique art works`` is composed of four chapters. First chapter contains essay on Scandinavians mythology. Second chapter shows the relationship between mythology and psychology. Third chapter includes analysis of Scandinavian mythology by the help of psychological theory of C. G. Jung. Last chapter is describing the creation process of art works and used combined technique. Practical part contains art works on the topic Scandinavian myths and legends elaborated with combined technique.

The diploma thesis is focused at mythology of the current myths and basic semiotic features that appear in these films. It analyses and uncovers mythological structures that create a platform for the mores, and derives conclusions about the present society. It chose 30 most successful movies as a muster to analyze. It is divided in two main parts; the first one is focused at mythological aspects. Firstly, it describes the most frequent myths that appear in the majority of the analyzed movies. In the next chapters, it analyzes briefly some specific movies and points out their most distinct features. The second part is focused at semiotic features that are used by the film makers and tries to explain their meaning. The last part of the diploma thesis compares the Euro-American film production with that of Asia (especially China).