SO524 Puppet as a Way of Communication

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
MgA. Martin Žák (seminar tutor), MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Michael Schmidt (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
MgA. Lenka Polánková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Ing. et Ing. Jana Šajkovicsová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
SO_DV Drama education projects && SOUHLAS
Written record of subject, presentation of final work (performance with marionette)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 17 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/17, only registered: 3/17
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Annotation: The subject play with a marionette is before all concieved as a preparation for communication in practice, where is possible to use a marionette to communicate with children. The stress is with the help of etudes with tools laid on development of imagination and creativity. Tools and also marionetts cen by its signs of acting offer variet range of human types and thats why the attention is given to play with a tool and marionette in etudes.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able:
Identify different types of puppets.
Express the drama acts through the play with a puppet.
Present the final result of the puppet play.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus:
  • Paly, playfulness. Metaphor. Tool - thing and observing of its signs. Picking up of the tool, what it says about its self. Speech and acting of a tool. Marionette – play with marionette. Improvization with tolls and marionette. Figure marionette and its stylization. Tool – thing and observing of its signs. Screenplay for puppet theatre. Effect of puppet theatre on the child.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • RICHTER, Luděk. Co je co v pohádce : (pohádkové reálie). Vyd. 1. Praha: Dobré divadlo dětem, 2004, 54 s. ISBN 8090297536. info
  • RICHTER, Luděk. Od pohádky-- --k pohádce : (od literatury k divadlu). Vyd. 1. Praha: Dobré divadlo dětem, 2004, 95 s. ISBN 8090297544. info
  • RICHTER, Luděk. Pohádka-- --a divadlo. Vyd. 1. Praha: Dobré divadlo dětem, 2004, 94 s. ISBN 8090297528. info
  • RICHTER, Luděk. Praktická dramaturgie v kostce. Vyd. 1. Praha: Dobré divadlo dětem, 2003, 60 s. ISBN 80-902975-1-X. info
  • DVOŘÁK, Jan V. Herectví s loutkou. Vyd. 1. Praha: ARTMA, 1997, 88 s. ISBN 80-7068-069-5. info
  • RICHTER, Luděk. Od předmětu k loutce, od loutky k divadlu :o vzniku a možnostech výpovědi loutky a loutkou. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: IPOS-ARTAMA, 1997, 55 s. ISBN 80-7068-097-0. info
  • RICHTER, Luděk. Literatura, divadlo a my : převod literárního díla do loutkového divadla. Praha: Ústav pro kulturně výchovnou činnost, 1985, 133 s. info
Teaching methods
Practicum, training, lecture, dramatization, independent work
Assessment methods
credit 100% presence
Náhradní absolvování
In the case of a study abroad trip, it is possible to take the course in an alternative form. The learner either takes a 2-day workshop of his/her choice on the topic of puppetry and communication; or he/she takes a 16-hour internship in a domestic or foreign organisation(s) that uses puppetry as a means of communication when working with target groups (note that this is not a puppet theatre performance). An example of good practice is e.g. Theatre Without Rules (Brno). The learner will keep a reflective diary and consult their experience with the course supervisor.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/ped/jaro2025/SO524/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 2 dny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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