FF:DISB013 Baroque Professional Theatre - Course Information
DISB013 Baroque Professional Theatre in Czech and Moravian Lands
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/5. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. et Mgr. Klára Škrobánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Margita Havlíčková
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Theatre Science (programme FF, B-HS)
- Theatre Science (programme FF, B-OT) (2)
- Theatre Science (programme FF, N-HS)
- Theatre Science (programme FF, N-OT) (3)
- Course objectives
- The course will provide the historical overview of the professional baroque theatre in the Czech lands and in Moravia as well as in the whole Europe.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course student will be able to:
- explain the influence of the West European theatre to the professional baroque theatre in the Czech land and in Moravia;
- define the principle centers of the professional baroque theatre in the Czech land and in Moravia;
- analyze the various genres of the professional baroque theatre in the Czech land and in Moravia;
- explain the characteristics of the professional baroque dramatic art. - Syllabus
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Historical context
- 3. Baroque theatre and the society
- 4. English theatre companies and their influence to the German environment
- 5. Commedie dell arte and its influence to the German theatre
- 6. Genres of the professional baroque theatre
- 7. Characteristics of the professional baroque dramatic art
- 8. Professional theatre companies in the Czech lands and in Moravia
- 9. Principle theatre centers in the Czech lands and in Moravia
- 10. Palace theatres in the Czech lands and in Moravia
- 11. Other trends in the professional baroque theatre in the Czech lands and in Moravia
- 12. Professional baroque theatre as the basis of modern dramatic art
- 13. Final review of the course, conclusions.
- Literature
- required literature
- HAVLÍČKOVÁ, Margita. Profesionální divadlo v královském městě Brně 1668 až 1733 (On the Professional Theatre in the Royal Town of Brno between 1668 and 1733). Brno: Janáčkova akademie múzických umění v Brně, 2009, 223 pp. Acta musicologica et theatrologica 16. ISBN 978-80-86928-64-7. info
- recommended literature
- SCHERL, Adolf. Berufstheater in Prag, 1680-1739. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1999, 245 s. ISBN 3700127995. info
- not specified
- MARCELLO, Benedetto. Divadlo podle módy. Translated by Alena Hartmanová. Vydání první. Praha: Psalterium, 2020, xxix, 64. ISBN 9788090766006. info
- SPÁČILOVÁ, Jana and Štěpán VÁCHA. New Insights into the Performance of Fux's Opera Costanza e Fortezza in Prague in 1723. Music in Art : International Journal of Music Iconography. New York: Research Center for Music Iconography, 2009, vol. 34, 1-2, p. 44-72, 28 pp. ISSN 1522-7464. URL info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation – lecture (2 hours per week), discussion. Individual preparation – reading of texts. Individual consultation – when necessary.
- Assessment methods
- Written test (minimum 50% right answer to pass).
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught once in two years.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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