SAKS022 Theatre of French Canada

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Kyloušek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Kyloušek, CSc.
Center for North American Studies – Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Libuše Svobodová
Supplier department: Center for North American Studies – Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 18:00–19:40 G24
Prerequisites
Knowledge of French sufficient for reading dramatic texts.
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The lecture and the discussion form of teaching will be employed. The lecture deals with the history of the frech speaking theater in Canada from the beginning till the 1980's. The readings and the analysis will touch such autheors as Réjean Ducharme, Gratien Gelinas, Marcel Dubé, Claude Gauvreau, Jacques Ferron, Anne Hébert, Michel Tremblay and others.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- to orientate in the history of French-Canadian and Quebec drama and theaters
- analyze the aesthetic and social context of theater plays
Syllabus
  • 1. Situation up to 1760 and changes after 1760 2. Theatral life and new institutions at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century 3. Transformation period 1930-1960. Creation of great and small theatres and of a specific French-Canadian dramaturgy 4.The Quiet Revolution in the 60's and 70's, social and politic function of the theatre 5. Posmodern otherness: gender, homosexual, immigrant and fist nations themes
Literature
  • GREFFARD, Madeleine and Jean-Guy SABOURIN. Le théâtre québécois. [Montréal]: Boréal, 1997, 120 s. ISBN 2-89052-842-1. info
  • Belair, Michel: Le Nouveau théâtre québécois, Montréal, Leméac 1973
  • Hamel, Reginal - Hare, John - Wyczynski, Paul: Dictionnaire pratique des auteurs québécois, Montréal, Fides 1976
  • Cotnam, Jacques: Le théâtre québecois, instrument de contestation sociale et politique, Montréal, Fides 1976
  • GODIN, Jean Cléo and Laurent MAILHOT. Théâtre québécois. Nouv. éd. [Québec]: Bibliothéque québécoise, 1988, 366 p. ;. ISBN 2-89406-009-2. info
  • Théâtre québécois : tendances actuelles. Edited by Gilles Girard. Québec: Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1985, 248 s. info
  • Le théâtre québécois, 1975-1995. Edited by Dominique Lafon. [Québec]: Fides, 2001, 523 s. ISBN 2-7621-2225-2. info
  • Le Québécois et sa littérature. Edited by René Dionne. Sherbrooke: Éditions Naaman, 1984, 462 s. ISBN 2-89040-299-1. info
  • Focus on Quebec : five essays on Quebecois society and culture. Edited by Christopher Rolfe. Edinburgh: Grecf, 1997, v, 63. ISBN 0950906336. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Dějiny francouzsko-kanadské a quebecké literatury (History of French Canadian and Quebec Literature). 1st ed. Brno: Host, 2005, 534 pp. 1. ISBN 80-7294-140-2. info
  • LEGRIS, Renée. Le Théâtre au Québec, 1825-1980 : reperes et perspectives. Montréal: VLB, 1988, 205 p. : i. ISBN 2-89005-331-819. info
  • TOUGAS, Gérard. Destin littéraire du Québec. Montréal, Québec: Québec/Amérique, 1982, 208 p. ISBN 2-89037-137-9. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussions
Assessment methods
Seminar paper. 10 pages.
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/rom/index.php?pg=vyuka
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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