DISQ005 Texts on Acting Styles

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024

The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity
1/1/5. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martina Musilová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Martina Musilová, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Martina Musilová, Ph.D.
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
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Course objectives
The seminar is dealing with basic texts about acting from Denis Diderot to Eugenio Barba. Students analyze and discuss them. The aim is an ability to understand term and basic concepts of acting in European and world theatre of the 20th century.

The seminar is held in Czech.
Learning outcomes

At the end of the seminar student will be able to:
- prove knowledge of selected chapters of the most important texts that are concerned with the questions, reflection and theory of acting;
- compare differences in viewing acting between individual theories;
- use these theories in practise by analysing today's acting.
Syllabus
  • 1. Acting of representation: Denis Diderot, Constant Benoit Coquelin
  • 2. Acting of experiencing: Constantin Sergeievich Stanislavski, Michail Chekhov, Richard Boleslawski
  • 3. Acting of Russian avant-guarde: Edward Gordon Craig, Alexandr Tairov, Vsevolod E. Meyerchold
  • 4. French modern acting: Jacques Copeau, Louis Jouvet, Michel Saint-Denis
  • 5. Epic acting: Bertolt Brecht
  • 6. Antropological theatre: Antonin Artaud, Jerzy Grotowski, Eugenio Barba
Literature
    required literature
  • Jerzy Grotowski a Teatr Laboratorium - texty. Část 1, [Rozhovor s Grotovským a materiály o jeho životní a umělecké cestě]. Edited by Jana Pilátová, Edited by Jerzy Marian Grotowski. [Praha]: Pražské kulturní středisko, 1990, 128 s. ISBN 80-85040-09-3. info
  • Jerzy Grotowski a Teatr Laboratorium - texty. Část 2, [Texty]. Edited by Jana Pilátová, Edited by Jerzy Marian Grotowski. [Praha]: Pražské kulturní středisko, 1990, 125 s. ISBN 80-85040-07-7. info
  • ARTAUD, Antonin. Texty [Artaud, 1995-]. V Praze: Herrmann & synové, 1995. info
  • BARBA, Eugenio and Nicola SAVARESE. Slovník divadelní antropologie : o skrytém umění herců. Brno: Lidové noviny, 2000, 285 s. : i. ISBN 80-7008-109-0. info
  • CRAIG, Edward Gordon. O divadelním umění. Translated by Milan Lukeš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 2006, 207 s. ISBN 8070082046. URL info
  • ČECHOV, Michail Aleksandrovič. Hercova cesta. Praha: Panorama, 1990. ISBN 807038154X. info
  • ČECHOV, Michail Aleksandrovič. O herecké technice. 1. vyd. V Praze: Divadelní ústav, 1996, 131 s. ISBN 807008054X. info
  • DIDEROT, Denis. O umění. Translated by Jan Binder. 1. vyd. v tomto uspořádán. Praha: Odeon, 1983, 436 s. URL info
  • HYVNAR, Jan. Herec v moderním divadle : k divadelním reformám 20. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Kant, 2011, 271 s. ISBN 9788074370601. info
  • JOUVET, Louis. Nepřevtělený herec. Edited by Karel Kraus, Translated by Eva Uhlířová. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1967, 175 s. info
  • MISTRÍK, Miloš. Jacques Copeau a jeho Starý holubník. Bratislava: Slovenská teatrologická spoločnosť, 2006
  • O umění hereckém : k estetice a psychologii divadelní a filmové tvorby. Edited by Miroslav Rutte. Vyd. 1. Praha: Jos. R. Vilímek, 1946, 413 s. URL info
  • STANISLAVSKIJ, K. S. Moje výchova k herectví I, Athos, Praha 1946
  • STANISLAVSKIJ, K. S. Moje výchova k herectví II, Orbis, Praha 1954
  • STANISLAVSKIJ, Konstantin Sergejevič. Můj život v umění. Translated by Miroslav Drozda. Vyd. 5., v Odeonu 1. Praha: Odeon, 1983, 457 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • Jacques Copeau's friends and disciplesthe Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in New York City, 1917-1919. Edited by Thomas John Donahue. New York: P. Lang, 2007, xii, 168 p. ISBN 9781453907580. info
Teaching methods
lecture, discussion
Assessment methods
Seminar essay (9000 - 15000 characters). Pass-fail line is 70%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
http://divadlo.phil.muni.cz/
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