ZURn6352 Dramaturgical Analysis

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. BcA. Miroslav Vlček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. BcA. Miroslav Vlček, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Boris Rafailov, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(MN)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main goal of the course is to introduce different approaches to so-called dramaturgical analysis be which we mean the specific work of creative producer or script doctor during development and production of audio-visual work.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Apply main tools of film neoformalist analysis.
- Analyze film composition especially in recent Hollywood movies.
- Apply methods of discourse analysis on audiovisual content.
- Identify main intertextual meanings in different films.
- Analyze film script with all previously given methods.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, dramaturgy versus script doctoring and work of creative producer.
  • 2. Dramaturgy as creative tool.
  • 3. Screenwriting and work with the writer.
  • 4. Neoformalist analysis.
  • 5. Narratology.
  • 6. Discourse analysis in audiovisual industry.
  • 7. Intertextuality.
  • 8. Specifics of the work of documentary creative producer.
  • 9. Scrip-doctoring.
  • 10. Applicability of learnt skills in the industry.
Literature
    required literature
  • MOTAL, Jan. Základní problémy dramaturgie. In Nové trendy v médiích II: rozhlas a televize. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012. s. 45-79, 34 s. ISBN 978-80-210-5826-2.
    recommended literature
  • ARONSONOVÁ, Linda. Scénář pro 21. století. 2014. Praha: FAMU
  • NICHOLS, Bill. Engaging cinema : an introduction to film studies. 1st ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2010, xxvii, 545. ISBN 9780393934915. info
  • NOVOTNÝ, David Jan. Budování příběhu, aneb, Demiurgie versus dramaturgie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2007, 234 s. ISBN 9788024613062. info
  • DIJK, Teun Adrianus van. Ideology : a multidisciplinary approach. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 1998, x, 374. ISBN 0761956557. info
Teaching methods
lecture, seminar, reading, video-time
Assessment methods
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Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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