FF:SAKS034 Mexican theatre - Course Information

SAKS034 Mexican theatre

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Daniel Vázquez Touriño, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Daniel Vázquez Touriño, Ph.D.
Contact Person: Mgr. Milada Malá, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Wed 14:00–15:40 L41, except Wed 17. 4.

Prerequisites

Registration isn't limited and any one can participate in the course, but the course is oriented to Master's degree students with a good competence in Spanish and knowledge of Latin America's history.

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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 5/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Anglophone and Francophone Area Studies (programme FF, N-SAKS_)
• Anglophone and Hispanophone Area Studies (programme FF, N-SAKS_)
• Anglophone and Francophone Area Studies (programme FF, N-SAKSA_)
• Anglophone and Hispanophone Area Studies (programme FF, N-SAKSA_)
• Spanish Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Spanish Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Spanish Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• Spanish Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Spanish Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (2)

Course objectives

- Present the main works and movements of the 20th century mexican theatre. - Deepen the knowledge of Mexico's history. - Reflect on the relation between History and its artistical representation.

Learning outcomes

- Understand and characterize different ways of representing History through theatre, and explain its relation with the social and historical context in which is created. - Recognise the work of the most important 20th century mexican playwrights. - Reflect on the relation between History and its artistical representation.

Syllabus

• 1: Historia es interpretación. Rodolfo Usigli: Corona de sombra. Flavio González Mello: 1822. Hayden White: The Historical Text as Literary Artifact. 2: Cambiar el sujeto de la Historia. Jorge Ibargüengoitia: El atentado. Vicente Leñero: El juicio. 3: Deconstrucción de la historia. El feminismo. Sabina Berman: Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda. Shannon Mignarelli: Tea for Two: Performing History and Desire in Sabina Berman's Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda 4: La historia en los cuerpos. Lagartijas tiradas al sol: El rumor del incendio. Taylor: The Archive and the repertoire.

Literature

required literature
• Rodolfo Usigli: El gesticulador
• Jorge Ibargüengoitia: El atentado
• Vicente Leñero: El juicio
• Sabina Berman: Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda
• Flavio González Mello: 1822
• WHITE, Hayden V. Tropics of discourse : essays in cultural criticism. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978, x, 287. ISBN 0801827418. info

recommended literature
• Un siglo de teatro en México. Edited by David Olguín. 1. ed. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2011, 394 s. ISBN 9786071608161. info
• A concise history of Mexico. Edited by Brian R. Hamnett. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999, xv, 336 p. ISBN 0521589169. info

Teaching methods

Individual readings. Debates and teamwork during the classes.

Assessment methods

- Personal written synthesis of each topic. - Written paper.

Language of instruction

Spanish

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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