SOk226 Theatre of the Oppressed

Faculty of Education
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/1.2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Pavla Kremserová (seminar tutor)
MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Němec, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SOk226/01: Fri 23. 3. 8:25–19:15 učebna 19, L. Polánková
SOk226/02: Fri 23. 3. 8:25–19:15 ateliér 18A, P. Kremserová
Prerequisites
Theatre of the Oppressed students projects
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Annotation: The subject is framed as one semestral project ended by realization of Theatre odf the oppressed with chosen aim group. Students are introduced to different kinds of exercises, techniques and plays, that are used by this type of theatre. With the help of theese techniques they work in smaller groups on choosen topic. Theatre of the Oppressed leads the viewer to the awareness that everyone has a possibility to influent and to at least slightly change the events around us and in the real life too. At the end of the course, the students will be able to: Define the terms of the Theatre of Oppressed. Describe the goals of the Theatre of Oppressed. Compare the local and international attitudes to the Theatre of Oppressed. Constitute a performance of the Theatre of Oppressed. Plan a workshop of the Theatre of Oppressed. Apply a performance and a workshop of the Theatre of Oppressed.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus: Theatre of the oppressed Augusto boal Newspaper Theatre Rainbow of Desire Image Theatre Forum Theatre Direcr Actions Invisible Theatre Legislative Theatre
Literature
  • PAVLOVSKÁ, Marie and Lenka REMSOVÁ. Jak na divadlo fórum (Creation of the Theatre Forum). 1st ed. Brno: PdF MU, 2006, 120 pp. pedagogika. ISBN 80-86633-56-X. info
  • BOAL, Augusto. Theater of the oppressed. Translated by Charles A. Leal McBride - Maria-Odilia Leal McBride - Emily Fryer. London: Pluto Press, 2000, xxi, 208. ISBN 0745316573. info
  • BOAL, Augusto. Legislative theatre : using performance to make politics. Translated by Adrian Jackson. New York: Routledge, 1998, xiv, 254. ISBN 0415182417. info
  • FREIRE, Paulo. Pedagogy of freedom : ethics, democracy, and civic courage. Edited by Donaldo P. Macedo - Stanley Aronowitz, Translated by Patrick Clarke. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1998, xxxii, 144. ISBN 0847690474. info
  • FREIRE, Paulo. Pedagogy of the oppressed. Translated by Myra Bergman Ramos. London: Penguin Books, 1996, 164 s. ISBN 014025403X. info
  • BOAL, Augusto. The rainbow of desire : the Boal method of theatre and therapy. Translated by Adrian Jackson. London: Routledge, 1995, xxvi, 188. ISBN 9780415103497. info
  • BOAL, Augusto. Games for actors and non-actors. Translated by Adrian Jackson. New York: Routledge, 1992, xxxi, 247. ISBN 0415061555. info
Teaching methods
practicum, discussion, independent work, group project
Assessment methods
credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 14 hodin.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2018, recent)
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