DISQ014 Close-reading of Classical Comedy

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
1/1/5. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Eliška Kubartová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Eliška Kubartová, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eliška Kubartová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
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
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Course objectives
The course is dealing with the possibilities of interpreting ancient comedies through different methods (clpse reading, performance criticism etc.) Chosen Greek and Roman comedies are examinated with the knowledge of historical context, author, genre characteristics.

The course is held in Czech.
Learning outcomes

At the end of the course student will be able to:
- independetly interpret chosen ancient comedies through different methodological aproaches;
- apply information from secondary literature on given texts and take a critical aproach towards them;
- define differences between Greek and Roman drama and theatre staging based on read texts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction into the ways of interpreting ancient drama (i.e. mythological approach, close reading, performance criticism, and ritualistic approach), their advantages, disadvantages, and limits
  • 2. Introduction to the selected comedy
  • 3.-11. Reading the comedy
  • 12. Presentation of students projects
Literature
    required literature
  • HUNTER, R. L. New Comedy of Greece and Rome. Cmabridge University Press, 1985.
    recommended literature
  • DUCKWORTH, George E. The nature of Roman comedy : a study in popular entertainment. Edited by R. L. Hunter. Second edition. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994, xiii, 509. ISBN 9780806126203. info
  • ECO, Umberto and Ladislav NAGY. Meze interpretace. 1. české vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2004, 330 s. ISBN 9788024607405. info
  • MARSHALL, C. W. The stagecraft and performance of Roman comedy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009, xiii, 320. ISBN 9780521861618. info
  • POLÁČKOVÁ, Eliška. Stereotypy v českých překladech Tita Maccia Plauta. In Jakub Čechvala, Eliška Poláčková (edd.). Ve stínu hellénského slunce. Obrazy antiky v moderní české kultuře. Praha: Nakladatelství Filosofia, 2016.
  • Reckford, Kenneth J. (1987), Aristophanes' Old-and-new Comedy, UNC Press.
  • STEHLÍKOVÁ, Eva. Řecké divadlo klasické doby (Greek Theatre of the Classical Period). Praha: KLP, 1991, 131 pp. Divadlo. ISBN 80-901084-0-7. info
  • STOREY I. C. a A. ALLAN. A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama. Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
  • TAPLIN, Oliver. Pots & plays : interactions between tragedy and Greek vase-painting of the fourth century B.C. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007, x, 309. ISBN 9780892368075. info
  • WILES, David. Greek theatre performance : an introduction. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, xii, 243. ISBN 9780521648578. info
Teaching methods
individual reading, class reading, lecture, group project
Assessment methods
Credits given based on homework, class work, and group project. Attendance is obligatory.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
http://divadlo.phil.muni.cz/
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