The thesis addresses analysis of stories and narrative in relation to the subject of gender. This analysis primarily deals with fairy tale The Beauty and the Beast by Disney. The first part is about general theoretical basis for my thesis and about the most important authors in this field. Archetypes and logocentrism topics are dealt with partially as well. The foundations of the first part are however literary and motion-picture feministic theories, also the concept of the myth of beauty. In the practical part sequences of the The Beast and the Beauty are studied. Findings described in theoretical part is utilized here and the marked and subtle influence of androcentric culture on style and content of the story is shown.

This thesis looks into the concept of the quality of life in women with epilepsy from a qualitative perspective. Epilepsy, as is a chronic neurological disease, affects not only everyday activities after the diagnosis, but also has its impact on the women's life regarding employment or family. By adapting the narrative analysis this thesis categorizes the influential factors of this concept into primary and secondary ones. Moreover, it explores in detail the issue of obtaining a driving license, which is one of the specifics of the people with epilepsy in Czechia. Also, it defines the respondents' attitudes toward the societal perception of epilepsy and fears that accompany it. In addition to that, the matter of motherhood and pregnancy for women with epilepsy is explored as one of the influential factors of the quality of life. Lastly, this thesis argues that the qualitative approach is essential for the initial examination of the selected sample for future investigations regarding the concept of the quality of life in epilepsy.

Embedding itself in the larger discussion on protests against measures taken by governments all over the world to mitigate the effects of the covid-19 pandemic, this work concerns itself with the role of the Holocaust in narratives found in prominent Telegram channels and chat groups of German covid-protests. Building on the existing body of research, it uses the theoretical framework of New Social Movement (NSM) theory to categorise the protests in Germany. Choosing a mixed-methods design, the phenomenon is described using narrative analysis, computer-assisted coding, and elements of network analysis. The narrative analysis and results of computer-assisted coding, find that the Holocaust is narrated as a valid comparison to pandemic politics, while some Telegram channels engage in historical revisionism. The network analysis reveals a large network of Telegram channels, strengthening the importance of the analysed channels for the protests in Germany

INTRINSIC RELIGIOSITY PRACTICE Psychological aspects of intrinsic religiosity of Catholic women - mothers of small children. Key words: Intrinsic religiosity, Prayer, Spirituality of an Everyday Life, Motherhood, Catholic Faith, Identity, Narrative Analysis Secularisation of the current post-modern Europe represents a collapse of Christianity in the sense of an integrating power of the society; however, it does not mean extinction of Christianity as such. The largest European church has been responding to the changes in the post-modern society by moving the emphasis from Catholicism (institutionally - as a doctrine attitude of the church) to Catholicity (openness and universal attitude of the church). Despite this inner movement, the Roman Catholic Church is losing numbers of their members and frequently it does not satisfactorily address, among the competition in the 'religious market', agnostics or even the 'searching' ones. From another point of view, however, it is obvious that for many people it still remains a 'home' in which they develop their faith as an individual expression of existential needs. The symbolic universe of the traditional Catholic religion provides these people with factual as well as symbolic tools to develop spirituality. Significant changes in religiousness and...

This text deals with the Financial crises from the perspective of everyday lived experience. It presents the analysis of narrative accounts of lay people who were active on the Czech housing market during or after the Crises. Theoretically rooted in the in the framework of narrative analysis, the text widens the mainstream economical perceptions of Crises bringing the concepts of emotions, ethos and symbolic boundaries into account. On the behalf of the narratives of Crises, the narratives of the process of social construction of home proved to be significant for the narrator's identity construction and presentation. Text presents three main findings a) Crises is trope, which is used as such in the narratives b) moral evaluation, which might be coined as the bourgeois morality ethos prove their significance in the narratives c) housing choices being based both on "rational" and "irrational" factors i. e. emotions, moral evaluations. The main interpretation of the narrative accounts suggests the crucial importance of the narratives of social construction of home for the expression of being independent, capable, responsible and thus successful person. The ability to express the capability of securing what is culturally regarded as "good and ideal housing" to the family, represents ones ability to...

La representación de personajes homosexuales en televisión ha pasado por varias etapas, en la actualidad, gran parte de esta se da con el fin de hacer reír a la audiencia a través de la exageración de estereotipos, lo cual trae consigo consecuencias negativas que pueden llegar a actos de odio hacia esta parte de la comunidad. Sin embargo, aún hay representaciones, las cuales son minoritarias en televisión, que muestran con características más empáticas a los homosexuales, siendo una de ellas la que se presenta cuando estos son protagónistas, como vendría a ser el caso de las series de género Boys Love. Es por tal motivo, que el objetivo principal de la presente investigación es analizar la narrativa homosexual en la serie tailandesa I told sunset about you a través de una metología de enfoque cualitativo con un paradigma interpretativo, teniendo como diseño al estudio de caso, al análisis de contenido como técnica de recolección de datos y como instrumento de estudio a la guía de análisis de contenido. La cual se aplicará a doce escenas que conforman la estructura narrativa de la primera temporada de la presente serie, así como se explicará los principales acontecimiento de la estructura narrativa, la construcción y acciones del personaje homosexual protagónico. / The representation of homosexual characters on television has gone through several stages, currently, much of this occurs to make the audience laugh through the exaggeration of stereotypes, which brings negative consequences that can reach acts of hatred towards this part of the community. However, there are still representations, which are minority on television, that show homosexuals with more empathetic characteristics, one of them being the one that occurs when they are protagonists, as would be the case of the Boys Love genre series. It is for this reason that the main objective of this research is to analyze the homosexual narrative in the Thai series I told sunset about you through a qualitative approach methodology with an interpretive paradigm, having as design the case study, the analysis of content as a data collection technique and as a study instrument to the content analysis guide. Which will be applied to twelve scenes that make up the narrative structure of the first season of this series, as well as the main events of the narrative structure, the construction and actions of the leading homosexual character will be explained. / Trabajo de investigación

El presente trabajo consiste en un análisis del anime Gurren Lagann, del director Hiroyuki Imaishi, desde la perspectiva de reconocidos sociólogos como Castells, Foucault y Bourdieu, con el fin de comprender cómo se desarrollan temas vinculados a los movimientos sociales, más concretamente en el rubro del poder y contrapoder, en el desarrollo de sus capítulos. El anime en cuestión narra la historia de cómo la humanidad se libera del yugo de un régimen autoritario, mediante una revolución comandada por la agrupación conocida como la “Brigada Gurren”. En este sentido, se emplean las teorías sociológicas para descifrar cómo este producto puede reflejar el carácter asociativo y contestatario del ser humano frente a un estímulo opresor, el cual se encarga de evolucionar los sentimientos de los afectados desde el miedo hasta la esperanza y el entusiasmo. De este modo, mediante un enfoque proporcionado por el constructivismo social, se pretende encontrar una estructura esencial que refleje estos temas en la obra de Imaishi, para así poder aplicar estos resultados al análisis de casos similares e, incluso, contribuir como una guía para crear nuevas historias que deseen tratar estos conceptos en su narrativa. / This work consists of an analysis of the anime Gurren Lagann, directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, from the perspective of renowned sociologists such as Castells, Foucault and Bourdieu, in order to understand how issues related to social movements develop, more specifically in the field of power and counter-power, in the development of its chapters. This anime tells the story of how humanity frees itself from the yoke of an authoritarian regime, through a revolution commanded by the group known as the “Gurren Brigade”. In this sense, sociological theories are used to decipher how this product can reflect the associative and rebellious nature of the human being in the face of an oppressive stimulus, which is responsible for evolving the feelings of those affected from fear to hope and enthusiasm . In this way, through an approach provided by social constructivism, it is intended to find an essential structure that reflects these themes in Imaishi's anime, in order to apply these results to the analysis of similar cases and, even, contribute as a guide to create new stories that want to address these concepts in their narrative. / Trabajo de investigación

Showing grief and loss over deceased musicians is something people have been doing on forums and online webshrines since home computers and the internet became part of our daily lives. Studies of this phenomenon have shown that grievers did so as a process of being in a state of disenfranchised grief, meaning that their grief wasn’t seen as legitimate or genuine, since they didn’t have a personal relationship with the deceased musician. Grief on the internet as an unidentifiable avatar on forums and shrines was a possibility many took hold of. Since the entrance of social media however, this notion of keeping grief over famous musicians (or other celebrities) private have changed. Whenever a famous person dies it is hard to miss Facebook statuses and comments written in sorrow and grief. This essay studies grief ridden comments on three different deceased musicians official Facebook profiles, how they are written, how personal they are, and how they relate to the musician. The essay also gets into a discussion how other users in grief effects the expressions of grief and how the medium and infrastructure of Facebook itself is contributing to the expressions.

Tidigare forskning har visat på att övergången från studier till yrkesliv är en kritisk period där övergångschock kan förekomma. Detta har visat sig gälla även psykologer tidigt i karriären. Det saknas däremot en djupare förståelse kring övergången hos PTP-psykologer i Sverige. Denna studie syftade till att undersöka psykologers berättelser om övergången från studier till första tiden inom professionen och vad som karaktäriserar dessa berättelser. De 15 deltagarna, en man och 14 kvinnor, rekryterades via PTP-samordnare/-rektorer, sociala medier och privata kontakter. Studien genomfördes med en textbaserad datainsamling där materialet, som bestod av livshändelsekalender (LHC) och guidande frågor, skickades via post. Rådata analyserades med en narrativ analysmetod, inspirerad av Labov och Waletzkys indelning av berättelsers delelement. Därefter skapades prototypberättelser som är ett verktyg för att skapa sammanfattningar som blir jämförbara med det fenomen som undersöks. Slutligen skapades fem prototypberättelser utifrån gemensamma kontextuella omständigheter samt vad övergången i övrigt präglades av. Däribland psykiska ohälsa, sociala förändringar och tidigare erfarenhet av yrket. Prototypberättelserna kallas “Arbetslivets labyrint,” “En uppförsbacke,” “Den inre resan,” “Rustad och redo” och “Det sociala skiftet.” Analysen visar på att övergångschock även gäller psykologer i Sverige samt hur den påverkas av organisatoriska omständigheter och bristande eller fungerande socialt stöd. Sammanfattningsvis tycks förklaringen till motgångar flyttas från en själv till kontexten och omständigheterna. Hos samtliga deltagare har övergångschocken avtagit och i de flesta fall gått över, vilket tyder på att psykologers övergång från studier till yrkesliv är en kritisk men avgränsad period. / Previous research has shown that transitioning from studies to working life is a critical period, where the concept of transition-shock can appear. This can also be applied to early-career psychologists. However, there is a need for deeper understanding of the transition for psychologists in training in Sweden. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate psychologists’ stories about the transition from studies to the first years in practice and what characterized these stories. The 15 participants, one man and 14 women, were recruited via PTP-coordinators/-principals, social media platforms and private contacts. The study was conducted by a text-based data collection, consisting of a life history calendar (LHC) and guiding questions, which were sent by post. The data was analyzed with a narrative method, inspired by Labov and Waletzkys’ research on the narratives’ different components. Thereafter prototype stories were made, which is a tool to make the studied phenomenon comparable. Five prototype stories were then created from shared contexts and other circumstances, such as mental health, social changes and work-experience. These are called “The work-life labyrinth,” “The uphill,” “The inner journey,” “Equipped and ready” and “The social shift.” The analysis indicate that transition-shock applies to psychologists in Sweden with the influence of organizational contexts and social support. In summary, the explanation for the setbacks are switched from the individual to the context and circumstances. For all participants, the transition-shock has decreased or passed over, which indicates that psychologists’ transition from studies to working life is a critical yet limited period.

This thesis contributes to the literature on status seeking and transboundary crises by studying the dynamics of a group of states’ collective status seeking during times of crisis. The implications of the covid-19 pandemic for the common status seeking of the Nordic countries are explored through a study of the collective Nordic identity. A narrative analysis of the views on Sweden in the two Nordic countries Norway and Denmark is carried out using news media articles during first three months of the pandemic. The results show a rift in the collective Nordic identity during the covid-19 pandemic. The main conclusion is that a transboundary crisis can undermine states’ collective status seeking if the cooperative status seeking processesare not backed up by collaboration in times of crisis.