US_48 Chapters from Theater History II.

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Veronika Valentová, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:40 N51
Prerequisites
US_47 Chapters from Theater History &&NOW( US_48cv Chapters from Theater History )
To graduate from Chapters of Theater History I.
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
Course objectives
The course is outlined as a second part of two-semester lecture that aims at capturing the most important developmental phases of world theatre and drama. The lecture will focus on some historic and style epochs (the Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Symbolism, Theatre of the Absurd, off-off theatre etc.) as well as principal works and personalities of world drama and theatre, including selections from their work (Moliere, J. W. Goethe, K. S. Stanislavskij, B. Brecht, S. Beckett, P. Brook...)..
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able to take bearings in the theatre history and to analyse and interpret the most important dramatic works.
Syllabus
  • ROMANTISM - Pre-Romantic movements (Sturm und Drang), Germany (Grabbe, Kleist, Büchner…), France (Hugo, de Musset, Mérimée) • SYMBOLISM AND THE MODERN (Théâtre d'Art, Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, Paul Fort, Lugné-Poë, Alfréd Jarry) • realism (Stanislavskij) ABSURD THEATER (Beckett, Ionesco, Pinter) • POLITICAL THEATER IN THE XX. CENTURY (B. Brecht, E. Piscator) • EXPERIMENTAL THEATER OF THE 2ND HALF OF THE XX. CENTURY (Living Theatre /Beck, Malina/, Grotowski, Peter Brook, Odin Teatret /Barba/
Literature
    required literature
  • BROCKETT, Oscar G. Dějiny divadla. Translated by Milan Lukeš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1999, 948 s. ISBN 8070080965. info
  • BERNARD, Jan. Co je divadlo. 1. vydání. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1983, 330 stran. info
  • BLAHNÍK, Vojtěch Kristián. Světové dějiny divadla. Praha: Aventinum, 1929, xiv, 622. info
    recommended literature
  • KLEIN, Pavel and Danuše KŠICOVÁ. Symbolismus na scéně MCHAT. Režijní koncepce K. S. Stanislavského. (Symbolism on the scene of the MCHAT. K. S. Stanislavsky - the Idea of his Direction.). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 164 pp. Masarykova univerzita. ISBN 80-210-3126-3. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, homework
Assessment methods
The course is concluded by a writen exam and a essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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