SJIIB964 Latinoamerican Theatre

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Daniel Vázquez Touriño, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. José Luis Bellón Aguilera, PhD.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Milada Malá, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SJIA014 Culture of Latin America
Gusto por el teatro. Capacidad para leer varias obras de teatro y de crítica en un semestre. Conocimientos básicos de la historia de Hispanoamérica y de los géneros literarios.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: 1. to present an overview of the most significant authors, periods and tendencies in Latin-American theater. 2. to profound in the specific values of this theater in its relation with society, religion and world's theater. 3. to practice the commentary of dramatic texts.
Syllabus
  • 1: Colonial Theatre: Sor Juan Inés de la Cruz & Juan Ruiz de Alarcón. 2: Theater of the Independence: Florencio Sánchez y Rodolfo Usigli. (2 semanas) 3: Birth of national theaters in the second half of 20th. century. 4: Postmodernity and last tendencies. Readings: Loa al Divino Narciso, Sor Juana; La verdad sospechosa (Alarcón); Barranca abajo (F. Sánchez); El gesticulador (R. Usigli); textos de Gambaro, Wolff, Carballido, Triana; Texts by Parra, Berman, Spregelburd, Moncada.
Literature
  • Versény, Adam: El teatro en América Latina, Cambridge, 1991
  • Gálvez, Marina: El teatro hispanoamericano, Madrid, 1988
Bookmarks
https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/FF:SJIIB964!
Teaching methods
class discussion.
Assessment methods
class discussion, 1 written test
Language of instruction
Spanish
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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