DVHs148 Italian Comedy in European Theatre: a textual seminar

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martina Musilová, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 10:00–11:35 G01
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students will be able to define periods of history of Commedia dell’Arte and its influences on European theatre culture from the 16th century up today (Italian Commedia dell’Arte, its French branch, inspiring influence in the period of modernism and avant-garde, and contemporary conceptions of acting with the mask). The changes of Commedia dell’Arte, of acting with the mask and of concepts of a drama character in the mention periods will be stressed out. Students will have opportunity to learn about specific forms of acting that were influenced by Commedia dell’Arte through the video-records of European and Czech performances (Antonio Fava, Giorgio Strehler, Divadlo na provázku, Hubert Krejčí).
Syllabus
  • - the origin of Italian commedie dell´arte - scenarios - characteristics of fixed types - French modification of commedie dell´arte - stylised theatro of 20 th century - examples of Czech versionof commedie dell´arte
Literature
  • SCALA, Flaminio. The commedia dell'arte of Flaminio Scala : a translation and analysis of 30 scenarios. Translated by Richard Andrews. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow, 2008, lvi, 341. ISBN 9780810863606. info
  • KATRITZKY, M. A. The art of commedia : a study in the commedia dell'arte 1560-1620 with special reference to the visual records. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2006, 625 s. ISBN 9042017988. info
  • HENKE, Robert. Performance and literature in the commedia dell'arte. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, xiv, 263. ISBN 0521643244. info
  • KRATOCHVÍL, Karel. Komedie dell'arte doma i za hranicemi : fakta, poznámky, podněty. 1. vyd. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 1973. info
  • MIKLAŠEVSKIJ, Konstantin Michajlovič. Komedia dell'arte, czyli, Teatr komediantów włowskich XVI, XVII, XVIII wieku. Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, 1961. info
  • DUCHARTRE, Pierre-Louis. The Italian comedy : the improvisation, scenarios, lives, attributes, portraits, and masks of the illustrious characters of the commedia dell'arte : La Comedie italienne (Orig.). Translated by Randolph T. Weaver. London: Harrap, 1929, 330 p. : i. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Course will be finished by oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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