Fascinating Spectacles: Class as traditional obsession in Britain

• Název práce v češtině: Fascinující podívaná: Tradiční posedlost třídou v britské kultuře
• Název v anglickém jazyce: Fascinating Spectacles: Class as traditional obsession in Britain
• Klíčová slova: třída, společnost, tradice, média, popularní kultura, televize, britská kultura, Panství Downton, "heritage", tisk
• Klíčová slova anglicky: class, society, tradition, media, popular culture, television, British culture, Downton Abbey, heritage, the press
• Akademický rok vypsání: 2011/2012
• Typ práce: bakalářská práce
• Jazyk práce: angličtina
• Ústav: Ústav anglofonních literatur a kultur (21-UALK)
• Vedoucí / školitel: PhDr. Soňa Nováková, CSc.
• Řešitel: skrytý - zadáno a potvrzeno stud. odd.
• Datum přihlášení: 30.05.2012
• Datum zadání: 30.05.2012
• Schválení administrátorem: zatím neschvalováno
• Datum potvrzení stud. oddělením: 19.08.2013
• Datum a čas obhajoby: 10.09.2013 08:30
• Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: 16.08.2013
• Datum proběhlé obhajoby: 10.09.2013
• Odevzdaná/finalizovaná: odevzdaná pracovníkem v zastoupení a finalizovaná
• Oponenti: Colin Steele Clark, M.A.

Zásady pro vypracování

The aim of the thesis is to elaborate on the notion of class in Britain and to explore its contemporary perception. The thesis will consist of two parts. The first, theoretical one will cover the British conception of class in general and examine its various properties in detail. The latter will provide a reflection of the British class system in contemporary society, literature and TV production, such as The Forsyte Saga or Downton Abbey. The second part will also try to explain the popularity of the above-mentioned series. One of the key assumptions is that despite the generally negative characteristics of any class system, it is this very class distinction combined with conservative traditions to which the popularity of these British TV series can be attributed. For all attempts at formulating a classless society, Britishness, or at least Englishness is perceived as constructed, among others, through the social and cultural concept of class. The role of the media and popular culture in disseminating this notion and perpetuating a certain popular obsession with the class system, which cuts across other socio-economic dimensions of self-identification, is undeniable, itself shaped by and also contributing to the ongoing fascination with traditional representations of class (especially the upper class, but also traditional forms of working class etc.)The shift, transformations and stereotypes of this representation will, therefore, be the principal subject of the thesis.

Seznam odborné literatury

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