Diplomová práce se zaměřuje na memoáry amerických veteránů z války ve Vietnamu. Pomocí analýzy vybraných děl je představen jejich jedinečný pohled a osobní zkušenost s touto válkou. V této diplomové práci je poukázáno na trauma a stres kterému byli mladí lidé vystaveni. Poukazuje také na psychologické dopady války na jednotlivce a zvládání dopadů pomocí návykových látek. Zároveň se tato práce zabývá kritice války ve Vietnamu, čemuž přispěla média, která umožnila přenést svědectví o hrůzách do domů obyvatel v USA a v celém světě. Tato svědectví však byla často upravována tak aby oslavovala americkou vojenskou sílu a bagatelizovala lidskou cenu války.
Anotace v angličtině
This thesis focuses on the memoirs of American veterans of the Vietnam War. Through the analysis of selected works, their unique perspective and personal experience of this war are presented. This thesis highlights the trauma and stresses the young men were exposed to, as well as the psychological effects of war on individuals and coping with the effects through the use of addictive substances. Furthermore, this thesis examines the criticism of the Vietnam War, which has been aided by the media that has allowed testimonies of the horrors to be brought into the homes of people in the US and around the world. However, these testimonies have often been edited to glorify American military power and downplay the human cost of war.
Klíčová slova
válka ve Vietnamu, role médií ve vietnamské válce, užívání drog, psychologické dopady války
Klíčová slova v angličtině
War in Vietnam, media coverage of the Vietnam War, substance abuse, psychological toll of war
Rozsah průvodní práce
107 s. (257 213 znaků)
Jazyk
AN
Anotace
Diplomová práce se zaměřuje na memoáry amerických veteránů z války ve Vietnamu. Pomocí analýzy vybraných děl je představen jejich jedinečný pohled a osobní zkušenost s touto válkou. V této diplomové práci je poukázáno na trauma a stres kterému byli mladí lidé vystaveni. Poukazuje také na psychologické dopady války na jednotlivce a zvládání dopadů pomocí návykových látek. Zároveň se tato práce zabývá kritice války ve Vietnamu, čemuž přispěla média, která umožnila přenést svědectví o hrůzách do domů obyvatel v USA a v celém světě. Tato svědectví však byla často upravována tak aby oslavovala americkou vojenskou sílu a bagatelizovala lidskou cenu války.
Anotace v angličtině
This thesis focuses on the memoirs of American veterans of the Vietnam War. Through the analysis of selected works, their unique perspective and personal experience of this war are presented. This thesis highlights the trauma and stresses the young men were exposed to, as well as the psychological effects of war on individuals and coping with the effects through the use of addictive substances. Furthermore, this thesis examines the criticism of the Vietnam War, which has been aided by the media that has allowed testimonies of the horrors to be brought into the homes of people in the US and around the world. However, these testimonies have often been edited to glorify American military power and downplay the human cost of war.
Klíčová slova
válka ve Vietnamu, role médií ve vietnamské válce, užívání drog, psychologické dopady války
Klíčová slova v angličtině
War in Vietnam, media coverage of the Vietnam War, substance abuse, psychological toll of war
Zásady pro vypracování
The memoir is the most personal of nonfiction literature, specifying a section of one's life for public examination. In the first war that the United States indisputably lost, the memories may be especially painful, and a struggle with memory suppression is inevitable. The student will examine these struggles in recalling which veterans undertook (as well as the dispatches of a Vietnam War journalist) to write these books. Special attention will be paid to the criticism of the U.S. political and military system and leadership in the decision-making involved in the conflict, for in no previous war had public criticism been so great as it was during the Vietnam War. To be included in the diploma work is a consideration of the trauma veterans such as these authors (as well as their families) underwent, as it undergirds the notion of the writing being of a particularly personal nature.
Zásady pro vypracování
The memoir is the most personal of nonfiction literature, specifying a section of one's life for public examination. In the first war that the United States indisputably lost, the memories may be especially painful, and a struggle with memory suppression is inevitable. The student will examine these struggles in recalling which veterans undertook (as well as the dispatches of a Vietnam War journalist) to write these books. Special attention will be paid to the criticism of the U.S. political and military system and leadership in the decision-making involved in the conflict, for in no previous war had public criticism been so great as it was during the Vietnam War. To be included in the diploma work is a consideration of the trauma veterans such as these authors (as well as their families) underwent, as it undergirds the notion of the writing being of a particularly personal nature.
Seznam doporučené literatury
Caputo, Philip, A Rumor of War (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1977)
Herr, Michael, Dispatches (New York: Avon, 1977)
Mendible, Myra, "Saving Face Humiliation, Shame, and the Affective Economy of War" In: War Literature and the Arts issue 28 (2016): 1-21.
O'Brien, Tim, If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home (New York: Laurel, 1973)
Scurfield, Raymond Monsour - War Trauma-Lessons Unlearned, From Vietnam to Iraq (New York: Algora, 2006)
Wolff, Tobias, In Pharaoh's Army. Memoirs of the Lost War (New York, Vintage Books 1994)
Thompson, Jon, "Ferocious Alphabets: Michael Herr's Dispatches" In: The Massachusetts Review. 43:4 (Winter 2002/2003), pp. 570-601.
Weber, Christina D. Social Memory and War Narratives: Transmitted Trauma among Children of Vietnam War Veterans (Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict). (New York: Palgrave, 2014)
Seznam doporučené literatury
Caputo, Philip, A Rumor of War (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1977)
Herr, Michael, Dispatches (New York: Avon, 1977)
Mendible, Myra, "Saving Face Humiliation, Shame, and the Affective Economy of War" In: War Literature and the Arts issue 28 (2016): 1-21.
O'Brien, Tim, If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home (New York: Laurel, 1973)
Scurfield, Raymond Monsour - War Trauma-Lessons Unlearned, From Vietnam to Iraq (New York: Algora, 2006)
Wolff, Tobias, In Pharaoh's Army. Memoirs of the Lost War (New York, Vintage Books 1994)
Thompson, Jon, "Ferocious Alphabets: Michael Herr's Dispatches" In: The Massachusetts Review. 43:4 (Winter 2002/2003), pp. 570-601.
Weber, Christina D. Social Memory and War Narratives: Transmitted Trauma among Children of Vietnam War Veterans (Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict). (New York: Palgrave, 2014)