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This thesis aims to document the Carnival in Roztoky from various aspects. I am interested in rituals and masks and research the current interest in the renewal of old traditions and local culture, initiated and carried out by the local community of Roztoky.

Předmětem mé diplomové práce bylo shodnocení vývoje kulturní prostředí mezi nejmladší generací v Číně. Srovnání tradičních hodnot se změnami, které se odehrávají ve společnosti v současnosti a přibližují je tak podobě ve vyspělých státech. Důraz je kladen možnost oslovit mladou čínskou generaci pomocí médií, především televizního vysílání a internetu a ovlivnit tak jejich nákupní chování.

This work reflects and compares the different aspects of studies in two various programes ? the dramatical acting at an art secondary school and alternative forms of acting at AMU. Furthermore, its main goal is to define the personal approach to the theatre sphere (both creative and practical part) from my own point of view. It also attempts to track the mutual influence between tradition and experiment, based on the experience gained. It is established that the functionality and communication of an artwork stands before the perception of its aesthetics, which is and always will be largely individual.

This submitted thesis concerns itself with social life in the countryside, specifically in Peruc, located in Ústecký kraj. The paper consists of two parts. The first, theoretical part, describes particular expressions, out of which some have been further researched and worked upon in the context of personal research. On the basis of available printed materials a description of the village has been drawn in a geographical, historical and contemporary aspect. The practical part provides a research plan and a choice of appropriate methods for research and data collection. An analysis of demographic indexes has been conducted and four semi-standardized interviews with the village and local organisations' representatives have been implemented for a better understanding of the social situation. Out of the spectrum of methods belonging to quantitative methodology, a survey type of research has been used to confirm or refute set hypotheses, which was followed by a discussion and a recommendation for the village and local organisations' leaders. Recommended suggestions could contribute to ameliorating social life in the village and therefore increasing general well-being and augmenting the village's grade. At the end the thesis has been shortly summarized, followed by a description of the most intriguing research findings.

This master’s thesis deals in the development of jazz in terms of traditional and new and innovative influences especially from the perspective of a professional jazz musician acting on the Czech jazz scene. So mapping the general influence of traditions and innovations in the world and deeply deals with the influence of the Czech jazz musicians across generations.

The objective of this thesis is process of table transformation from family inheritance. In the thesis are described historical techniques of furniture decoration, including used materials and technologies, procedure of table restauration a procedure of creating an intarsia on the table top. Ornamentation from Pirot rugs – kilims was used to create intarsia. The result of the work is restored table with table top decorated with intarsia.

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This thesis explores the view on symbol, body and freedom in Paul Ricoeur's and Olivier Clément's work. The aim is to analyse symbols and explore the benefits they can have for modern society, Western culture and how can these symbols influence people. This topic indirectly allows understanding of the role of tradition, rituals, narrations, myths and traditional wisdom in nowadays Western society. Furthermore, the thesis shows what influences the process of thinking, deciding and deepening one's faith. In particular, I am investigating whether in nowadays democratic and freedom supporting society one really has possibility of free choice. This reflection is to be completed on the basis of previous analysis of the symbol, body and freedom in the view of philosopher Paul Ricoeur and theologian Olivier Clément. The thesis is structured into three chapters. The first chapter is dedicated to the analysis of Ricoeur's view on this subject, in the following chapter I study Clément's theology, and in the third chapter I offer the comparison of these two. In the beginning of each chapter I introduce the life of the authors and influences that they encountered. This will reveal their philosophy and theology in better context. The conclusion summarizes the findings of previous chapters, and shows how they can...

This thesis deals with Czech translations of English drama titles until 1850, as they are collected in the KAPRADÍ database. It consists mostly of translations of Shakespeare's dramas, but other titles range from medieval moralities and mystery plays to romantic drama. The titles are analysed both from the points of chronology and of genre. The thesis is trying to prove the hypothesis that a translation of a literary title reflects both the epoch of its translation and the genre in which it is written. Not only literary methodology classificating titles is used but also the theory of proper names (onomastics) is applied, which means that a literary title is considered a proper name in its own right.