Definitions of community as reflected in the Film The Big Lebowski by the Coen Brothers

Abstract

The aim of this Bachelor’s thesis is to analyze community in the film The Big Lebowski by the Coen Brothers. This paper is simply arranged. The first part of the work is focused on the Coen Brothers and their lives, the description of their movies and specific features, according to which the Coens can be identified. The second part of the paper deals with the research of community, specifically with general definitions of community, with the sense of community, the types of community, community strength elements and community boundaries. The community research is then used within the third part of the paper, in which all the above mentioned research parts are applied to the film The Big Lebowski. Thanks to the research, two main communities in the film are established, it is discovered why they exist, what type of community they represent, how strong the communities are, and how the communities are experienced by the members and non-members.