DISMS03 Cognitive studies approach to Shakespeare operas

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/7. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 G01
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is dealing with using cognitive sciences to analyse theatre performance, in this case performances of shakespearean operas.

The course is held in Czech.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able to:
- explain, how one can use theories of cognitive sciences to analyse adaptation;
- apply chosen cognitive theories during analysing adaptation and production of opera performance;
- characterize the role of conceptual metaphor for production of opera performance originated in adaptation of drama by William Shakespeare;
- give an example of operas originated in adaptation of drama by William Shakespeare;
- characterize specificity of shakespearean operas.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, assinging of student projects; Analysing methods of cognitive theatrology I
  • 2. Analysing methods of cognitive theatrology II
  • 3. W. Shakespeare's plays as originals for opera's librettos
  • 4. Adaptation, "librettation"
  • 5. A. Salieri: Falstaff (prem. 1799); G. Rossini: Othello (prem. 1816)
  • 6. G. Verdi: Macbeth (1847)
  • 7. G. Verdi: Otello (1887)
  • 8. G. Verdi: Falstaff (prem. 1893)
  • 9. Ch. Gounod: Romeo and Juliet (1867)
  • 10. D. Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (prem. 1934); B. Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream (prem. 1960)
  • 11. King Lear, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew as operas; Daron Hagen: Bandanna (prem. 1999)
  • 12. Presentation of course's projects
Literature
    required literature
  • ALBRIGHT, Daniel. Berlioz, Verdi, Wagner, Britten (Great Shakespeareans). Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2014. ISBN 978-1472518514
  • HAVLÍČKOVÁ KYSOVÁ, Šárka. Stage Metaphors in Verdi's Otello : Miloš Wasserbauer's State Theatre Production (Brno 1967) in the Context of Otello's Staging Tradition. Theatralia. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, vol. 19, No 2, p. 29-58. ISSN 1803-845X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/TY2016-2-2. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • LAKOFF, George. Metafory, kterými žijeme. Edited by Mark Johnson, Translated by Mirek Čejka. 2. vyd. Brno: Host, 2014, 283 s. ISBN 9788074911521. info
    recommended literature
  • HAVLÍČKOVÁ KYSOVÁ, Šárka. Metafory, kterými hrajeme : perspektivy a meze české kognitivní teatrologie (Metaphors we act by : prospects and limits of the Czech cognitive theatrology). Theatralia. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, vol. 18, No 1, p. 65-84. ISSN 1803-845X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/TY2015-1-4. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • WILSON, Christopher. Shakespeare's Musical Imagery. Continnuum-3PL, 2011. ISBN 978-1847064950
Teaching methods
lecture, seminar work, discussion
Assessment methods
Seminar project, oral or written exam. Pass-fail line is 70%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
Teacher's information
http://divadlo.phil.muni.cz/
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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