ZURn6352 Dramaturgical Analysis

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. BcA. Miroslav Vlček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. MgA. Jan Motal, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
each even Thursday 16:00–19:40 Studio 527
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! ZUR587 Dramaturgical analysis
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
Course objectives
The main goal of the course is to introduce different approaches to so-called dramaturgical analysis be which we mean the specific work of creative producer or script doctor during development and production of audio-visual work.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Apply main tools of film neoformalist analysis.
- Analyze film composition especially in recent Hollywood movies.
- Apply methods of discourse analysis on audiovisual content.
- Identify main intertextual meanings in different films.
- Analyze film script with all previously given methods.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, dramaturgy versus script doctoring and work of creative producer.
  • 2. Dramaturgy as creative tool.
  • 3. Screenwriting and work with the writer.
  • 4. Neoformalist analysis.
  • 5. Narratology.
  • 6. Discourse analysis in audiovisual industry.
  • 7. Intertextuality.
  • 8. Specifics of the work of documentary creative producer.
  • 9. Scrip-doctoring.
  • 10. Applicability of learnt skills in the industry.
Literature
    required literature
  • MOTAL, Jan. Základní problémy dramaturgie. In Nové trendy v médiích II: rozhlas a televize. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012. s. 45-79, 34 s. ISBN 978-80-210-5826-2.
    recommended literature
  • ARONSONOVÁ, Linda. Scénář pro 21. století. 2014. Praha: FAMU
  • NICHOLS, Bill. Engaging cinema : an introduction to film studies. 1st ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2010, xxvii, 545. ISBN 9780393934915. info
  • NOVOTNÝ, David Jan. Budování příběhu, aneb, Demiurgie versus dramaturgie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2007, 234 s. ISBN 9788024613062. info
  • DIJK, Teun Adrianus van. Ideology : a multidisciplinary approach. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 1998, x, 374. ISBN 0761956557. info
Teaching methods
lecture, seminar, reading, video-time
Assessment methods
Each student must submit at least 6 papers out of total 8 before the class when the film is discussed. Papers must be at least one 1 page long and should answer at least one of ten questions given by the teacher after the screening.

Participation at all classes in compulsory. Eventual absences can be replaced, at most twice, by an essay in the range of 5 pages related to the given lecture.

Final grade will be given based on written analyses of one of the given films, though student must show at least basic understanding of one method used during the semester. All analyses must be discussed personally with the teacher after their submission.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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