FF:JAPX207 Japanese Theatre - Course Information

JAPX207 Japanese Theatre

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Bc. Mgr. Jakub Havlíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Tue 13:20–14:55 zruseno D22

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 130 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/130, only registered: 0/130, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/130

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI)
Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The course provides a survey of Japanese theatre history from earliest times until the present day. It offers the introduction to the major forms, styles and theory of Japanese theatre, both pre-modern and modern. The course also includes readings of plays in translation, supplemented by screenings of films and videos of stage performances.
At the end of the course students will be able to
define the most important forms and styles of Japanese theatre and their specific features in the context of Japanese cultural history;
identify the typical features of traditional and modern forms of Japanese theatre;
interpret the most important characteristics of Japanese theatrical forms in the context of performance theories;
distinguish the forms and styles of Japanese theatre according to their distinctive attributes;
formulate the essential theoretical approaches in studying Japanese theatrical forms and styles.

Syllabus

0. Introduction to the course;
1. Theatre and ritual – ritual theory, performance theory;
2. Origins of theatre in Japan – religious riuals;
3. Kagura;
4. Gigaku and bugaku;
5. Sangaku, sarugaku and dengaku;
6. Noh theatre – study projection of the play “Kanawa” – “Iron crown”;
7. Noh theatre - Zeami;
8. Noh theatre and kyogen;
9. Kabuki;
10. Puppet theatre – joruri, bunraku;
11. Modern theatre;
12. Final review, discussion.

Literature

Ortolani, Benito: The Japanese Theatre. From Shamanistic Ritual to Contemporary Pluralism. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1990.
CAVAYE, Ronald, Paul GRIFFITH and Akihiko SENDA. A guide to the Japanese stage from traditional to cutting edge. Edited by Mansai Nomura. 1st ed. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2004, 287 s. ISBN 477002987X. info
Kalhoty pro dva :antologie japonského divadla. Translated by Miroslav Novák - Petr Holý - Denisa Vostrá. Praha: Brody, 1997, 289 s. ISBN 80-86112-06-3. info
KEENE, Donald. Nō and Bunraku : two forms of Japanese theatre. Photo by Keizō Kaneko. Morningside ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990, 199 s. ISBN 9780231074193. info
Vítr v piniích : japonské divadlo. Edited by Dana Kalvodová, Translated by Miroslav Novák. Vydání první. Praha: Odeon, 1975, 332 stran. info

Teaching methods

Lectures, class discussions, study projections of selected performances (noh, kyogen, kabuki, bunraku).

Assessment methods

Final written test (score 70% or higher on the final exam).
Students are expected to study the following publications:
Kalvodová, Dana. Vítr v piniích: japonské divadlo. Praha : Odeon, 1975.
Kalhoty pro dva : antologie japonského divadla. Translated by Miroslav Novák - Petr Holý - Denisa Vostrá. Praha : Brody, 1997. 289 s. ISBN 80-86112-06-3.
Students are expected and required to attend seminar classes of this course.

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