DVQ002 Theatre Criticism

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
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)
Mgr. Libor Vodička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Margita Havlíčková
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Libor Vodička, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 17:30–19:05 G24
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předpokládá se úspěšné absolvování 1. ročníku, tj. postupové zk.
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 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 0/12, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/12
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Course objectives
The aim of this seminar series is to improve the reading skills and analyze dramatic texts (thematic and structural analysis of drama, generic classification etd.) and to interpret them. The assessment of the course will be based on seminar presentations. At the end of the course students should be able to write critical essay.
Syllabus
  • The course is concerned: 1. with creative writing (criticism, critical essays), 2. as well as philosophic and theoretical questions of critical thinking and thinking of the contemporary theatre. The course will be based on public reading of one’s texts, followed by the discussion. The latter part of the course will be concerned with reading of classical texts which thematize the problems of art criticism, literature, or theatre. It will include a reflection of critical methods and means of writing of important Czech theater critics and thinkers in the 20th century as well as nowadays.
Literature
    required literature
  • BARTHES, Roland. Kritika a pravda. Translated by Josef Čermák - Josef Dubský - Julie Štěpánková. Praha: Dauphin, 1997, 264 s. ISBN 80-86019-53-5. info
    recommended literature
  • BARTHES, Roland. Rozkoš z textu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triáda, 2008, 96 s. ISBN 9788086138909. info
  • ČERNÝ, Václav. Tvorba a osobnost. Edited by Jiří Pechar - Jan Šulc. Vyd. v tomto souboru 1. Praha: Odeon, 1993, 698 s. ISBN 802070437X. info
    not specified
  • • ČERNÝ, Václav. Co je kritika, co není a k čemu je na světě. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Blok, 1968. 81 s.
  • ŠALDA, F. X. Šaldův zápisník. Praha: Otto Girgal, 1969, 444 s. info
  • ŠALDA, F. X. Šaldův zápisník. Praha: Otto Girgal, 1969, 352 s. info
  • ŠALDA, F. X. (František Xaver). Kritické projevy. [Sv.] 7, 1908-1909 uniCZbk195400524. 1. vyd. Praha: Čs. spis., 1953, 491, [1] s. info
  • ŠALDA, F. X. Boje o zítřek : meditace a rapsodie. 6. vyd., v Souboru díla F.X. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1948, 196 s. info
  • ŠALDA, F. X. Duše a dílo : podobizny a medailony. 2., opr. vyd. V Praze: nákladem České grafické akc. společnosti "Unie", 1918, 361 s. info
Teaching methods
Every lecture requires homework preparation in reading the assigned study literature. After teacher's presentation of the general and particular features of the subject, students are guided to interpretation of the chosen extracts, and class discussions follow.
Assessment methods
class discussion, homeworks
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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