Download Mgr. Zuzana Buráková

TÉMY NA ZÁVEREČNÉ PRÁCE
Prof. PhDr. Pavel Štekauer, DrSc.
1. Evaluative morphology. A comparative research into diminutive and augmentative means
of expression in English vs. Slovak/German/Russsian/French, etc
2. The transfer of animal names to human beings
3. Predictability of compounds (or converted words) in English - how do we know that they
mean what they mean?
4. Negation. A comparative research.
5. A lexical and word-formation analysis of selected lexical fields.
6. Conversion of proper names
7. A research into canonical antonyms
8. Typological comparison of languages
Prof. Fritz König
1. The various forms of irony in works by Chaucer, Swift, and Wilde.
2. David Hume and his impact on the development of British Romanticism.
3. The epigonsitic nature of American literature before Mark Twain.
4. The role of the "genius loci" in the works of Lewis, Fitzgerald and Steinbeck.
5. The stylistic novelty of Hemingway's prose.
6. A comparison of attitudes toward the Church in “Beowulf” and “Canterbury Tales”.
7. The literary and philosophical relationship between Wordsworth, Emerson, and Thoreau.
8. The social criticism contained in Mark Twain's “Huck Finn”.
Prof. Myroslav Fabian
1. Comparative lexico-semantic analysis of etiquette words in English and Slovak.
2. Lifestyle communicative behavioral patterns in Great Britain / the USA and Slovak
Republic.
3. Sociolinguistics, present state, tasks, and perspectives.
Doc. PhDr. Stanislav Kolář, CSc.
1. Short Story Cycle in S. Anderson’s and E. Hemingway’s Work
2. Realistic and Fantastic Elements in Bernard Malamud’s Short Stories
3.The Attack on Convention in the Poetry of Lawrence Ferlinghetti
(4. Picaresque Character of R. Ellison’s Invisible Man and S. Bellow’s The Adventures of
Augie March)
5. Affinities between E. Dickinson’s and S. Plath’s Poetry)
PhDr. Štefan Franko, PhD.
1. Commented translation of technical text
Mgr. Slávka Tomaščíková, PhD.
1. Discourse of British television news.
2. Gender stereotyping in the language of British and Slovak commercials.
3. The analysis of verbal and nonverbal means of expression in the discourse of mass media
texts with a focus on the discourse of British television news.
4. Stereotypes as a main structural element in British sitcoms.
5. Verbal and nonverbal means of expression in British tourist brochures, ideals and
stereotypes.
6. Narrative structures in media products.
7. Semiotics in media discourse.
Mgr. Renáta Gregová, PhD.
1. Intonation of the English Sentence
2. Pronunciation of Geographical Names in Some Varieties of Present-day English
3. The Structure of the English Syllable
Mgr. Renáta Panocová, PhD.
1.Phrasal verbs in newspaper style/fiction
2. On the use of intensifiers/downtoners in scientific discourse (natural sciences).
3.Adverb-adjective combinations in scientific discourse (natural sciences)
Mgr. Renáta Timková, PhD.
1. English borrowings in Slovak media - pronunciation and spelling.
2. Intonation of English and Slovak questions.
3. English proper names in Slovak language
Mgr. Slávka Janigová, PhD.
1. Verb+ as+-ing constructions in ESP texts
2. Means of textual cohesion in legal English
3. Speech acts approach to legal English texts
PhDr. Helena Petruňová, CSc.
1. Comparison of some English and Slovak/Russian body idioms.
2. Similes in English and Slovak. (A comparative research-English/Slovak/ Russian.)
3. Collocations in the language of medicine in English (and their translation into Slovak)
Mgr. Zuzana Kolaříková
1. Quotational compounds in newspaper style.
2. Synonymy in the terminology of natural sciences.
3. Prepositions – cross-language interference
Mgr. Zuzana Buráková
1. Autobiographical elements in the works of Sylvia Plath
2. Humor in contemporary Jewish American fiction
3. Chick lit - Postfeminist fiction
Mgr. Božena Velebná
1. National identities in the United Kingdom and in Slovakia.
2. Minor political parties in the British two-party system.
3. Britain – a bridge between the EU and the USA?
Mgr. Jaroslav Marcin
1. The Sitcom: Entertaining America Since 1950s.
2. The Rhetoric Behind America's Wars (What Politicians Say and Why They Choose to Say
It).
3. Made in USA: American Religions Examined.
Mgr. Karin Oroszová
1, The changing face of British Festivals
2, Selected aspects of education in Great Britain
3, The British Monarchy
Mgr. Viktória Sádová
1. Comparative interpretation of two chosen novels.
2. Psychological analysis of three chosen literary characters of three different historical
periods, and their comparison.
3. The values of heroic code.
4. Shakespearian theatre
Mgr. Martina Martausová
1. 9/11 in American Film
2. Concept of the American Dream - origin and development
3. American nationalism in American Film after 9/11
Mgr. Július Rosenfeld
1. The Concept of Beauty in American Literature.
2. The Position of Science-Fiction in 20th Century Literature.
3. Harry Potter, the Secret of Success and Popularity.
4. E-learning, the Expansion of Knowledge.
5. Emerson's Influence on American Literature.
Mgr. Zuzana Lacková
1. On translation of the untranslatable - fairy tale archaisms
2. Translation methods – their definition within the space of translation
3. The notion of equivalence in translation
Mgr. Barbara Mitríková
1. Word formation processes in legal English
2. Negative affixation in legal English
3. Abbreviations in legal English
4, Genre analysis of selected authentic legal texts
5, Translation of names of institutions from/to the English and Slovak languages
Mgr. Boris Mudrák
1. War on Terror and its effects
2, Future of the U.S.A.
3, The U.S.A. and the rest of the World
Mgr. Miroslava Čumová
1. Terminology in the field of education
2. Term formation
3. Terminology in the documents of EU