1. The Myth of Pygmalion in Modern CultureJana Herzog, 2019, master's thesis Abstract: In this thesis, I explore the myth of Pygmalion in modern culture, establishing the definitions of the myth and mythology. Furthermore, I research the myth of Pygmalion in ancient Greece and focus on Ovid’s version of the myth that is used as a basis for further analysis. Historical overview of the myth of Pygmalion is provided as the myth underwent various changes throughout different eras – it was reshaped and redefined, while the roles of the creator and the created were changed and switched. The argument that myth can be applied to every aspect of everyday life is proposed as one chapter focuses on modern interpretations. The myth of Pygmalion is relevant not only in film and music industry, but it applies to each individual. In the last chapter of the theoretical part, the myth as a symbol is explained and the question why the myth is still being transmitted today arises.
Keywords: myth of Pygmalion, myth, mythology, Galatea, Pygmalion
Published in DKUM: 30.08.2019; Views: 1847; Downloads: 187
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2. Tourism and authenticity in the Czech villages of the Romanian BanatKarina Hoření, Radoslava Krylová, Zbyněk Ulčák, Pavel Klvač, 2010, review article Abstract: In the 1820s, several thousand Czechs moved to the Carpathian Mountains region near the Danube river. They founded six villages. Strict ethnic endogamy helped preserve their cultural distinction. Nowadays these villages are visited by tourists from the Czech Republic. Visits are motivated by the search for both “traditional” rural landscape and lifestyle. The paper analyses the ways of how tourists perceive the rural landscape and lifestyle, how their perceptions vary and how they influence their behaviour. It is assumed that there is a sentiment for traditional, pre-modern world. This sentiment is used for tourism promotion there. Therefore the “harmonic cultural landscape” does not only have ecological and cultural value, but its image becomes a commodity in the tourism industry.
Keywords: tourism, authenticity, Banat, myth, landscape character
Published in DKUM: 29.03.2018; Views: 1156; Downloads: 102
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3. The Hunger Games as a DystopiaDarko Voeroeš, 2015, undergraduate thesis Abstract: This diploma thesis will explore all three books of Suzanne Collins’s blockbuster young adult dystopian trilogy The Hunger Games. I have compared the novels and their film adaptations, elaborated on the history and creation of the trilogy, identified the dystopian elements within it, and analysed it from a Frommian, Veblenian and Žižekian perspective.
I have also sought to explain why both the novels and big-screen adaptations have become so massively popular. I have found that one reason for the popularity of this trilogy is that it resembles the old heroic myths that never go out of fashion. Furthermore, many of the themes in the trilogy have contemporary relevance and examine some of humanity’s most pressing issues.
Keywords: The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, dystopia, young adult, heroic myth
Published in DKUM: 12.11.2015; Views: 2052; Downloads: 133
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