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This thesis explores the presence of the movement theories of Irmgard Bartenieff, Peggy Hackney, and Rudolf Von Laban in the following texts: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. Written by Himself (1845), The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave (1831), Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, Linda Brent (1861), Sherley Anne Williams’s Dessa Rose (1986) and Toni Morrison’s Beloved (1987). The terms and phrases of movement theory will be introduced to the contemporary critical discussion already surrounding the texts, both furthering and challenging existing arguments.

The main objective of this thesis is the description and evaluation of the position of germen speaking architects acting in Prague in the period of First Republic in Czechoslovakia. After defining the terminology and social context the thesis sorts out the broad group of German speaking architects into two circles according to their cultural surrounding. The thesis shows existing reasons for assorting the architects inclining to purely German culture and to the cultural environment influenced by German and Czech at the same time. The position of German speaking architects is constituted by the references in the press and literature, educational institutions, association activities and role of building owners. The thesis contribution is the reflexion of the German speaking architects in their remaining memories and periodicals.

This diploma thesis deals with Waldorf pedagogy. It is divided into five chapters. The first two map the circumstances of Waldorf education and life-shaping the mind constructs its founder Rudolf Steiner. The remaining three chapters answer questions regarding: Waldorf teaching specifics, personality profile Waldorf teachers and planting Czech Waldorf pedagogy in contemporary Czech education stream. Key words anthroposophy, Czech education, Rudolf Steiner, Waldorf school teacher, Waldorf pedagogy, Waldorf teaching

The diploma thesis "František Bakule- one of the czech school reformer" deals with František Bakule's personality and activity. This thesis shows an initial state of austrian a czech education, benefits of czech reform teachers, experimental schools and František Bakule's ideological bases. This thesis deals with František Bakule's life and his working in educational institutions. This dissertation describes educational methods and their uses in practise at schools, in the Jedlička Institute and in his choir. The purpose of this work is presentation of reform efforts of František Bakule and their overlap until today.

Jan Snížek in the context of Czech cabaret theatre in the period from 1920 to 1948 Summary This thesis focuses on the work of a nearly forgotten Czech cabaret artist and writer Jan Snížek (1902 - 1971). The introduction deals with the history of Czech cabaret in the period from 1920 to 1945. Here, the selected cabaret theatres in the various periods of time (the 1920s, 1930s, The Nazi occupation) are discussed from the political and cultural points of view. Later the thesis analyses the personality of Jan Snížek and the particular theatres he was part of. Furthermore the thesis thoroughly discusses the work of Jan Snížek and its impact on the period newspapers. The following chapters deal with author's later life and his prose collection written in exile. The last part of the thesis summarizes Jan Snížek's creative activity and its role in the Czech Occupation theatre, analyses the great success of his cabaret production and explains why such a significant author is now almost unknown to the public.

This thesis reconstructs the Prague premiere of the opera Tiefland by Eugen d'Albert and describes how this performance differed from earlier ones. The sources cited are original materials from the archives of the National Theatre including musical scores and references from the contemporary press. The thesis also provides an overview of opera premieres and the repertory of the Neues Deutsches Theater in the period 1888-1910 and details of d'Albert's visit to Prague before the time of the Tiefland premiere.

The dissertation begins with an introduction about Renaissance, because Thaddaeus Hagecius lived and worked in this age. Renaissance was both an age of faith in hermetic sciences and an age of important scientific discoveries which fundamentally influenced the transformation of cosmology. My intention is to explain the characteristics of this period in the beginning of the dissertation. The next chapter is mainly focused on Hagecius's biography and an overview of his main writings. At first, I dealt with Hagecius's youth and his studies in Bohemia and foreign countries. Afterwards, I mentioned the areas that Hagecius had developed and the writings that he had published about them. I have more thoroughly expanded Hagecius's activity in medicine and astronomy because they were the main areas of his research. In another part of the chapter, I have outlined the friendship between Hagecius and Brahe. I have closed the chapter with an explanation of Hagecius's reference to alchemy. In the third chapter of my dissertation, I have introduced Hagecius's scientific efforts in four areas. These are as follow-astronomy, medicine, botany and brewing, because Hagecius contributed to these four areas with an interesting manner. These areas also show the huge diversity of Hagecius's interests.

This diploma thesis deals with the methodology of ELT in Waldorf lower secondary schools. The theoretical part focuses on the historical background and the philosophical premises of Waldorf pedagogy, as well as a general outline of this alternative educational approach. The subsequent chapters are dedicated to the anthroposophical concept of language and the Waldorf methodology of teaching both native and foreign languages. The goal of the practical part is to examine the distinctive features of ELT in this type of schools. The research study is based on the evaluation of the data obtained with the qualitative methods of lesson observation, namely in the 6th and the 8th forms, and interviews with the teachers. The thesis contains a survey of the Waldorf pupils' attitude towards English and the sources of their learning motivation.