Perception of foreign tendencies in contemporary European drama 1
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201PZD1 | credit | 1 | 14 hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 15 to 20 hours of self-study | English, Czech | winter |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Department
The subject provides Department of Dramatic Theatre
Contents
This course familiarizes directing, dramaturgy and acting students in theory and practice with contemporary directing and acting tendencies in European Drama beyond the Czech Republic. Instruction is in English in both theory (analysis of recording from abroad, primarily from Great Britain, France, Germany and Austria), and in practice in excursions abroad to the center of European Drama (Parisian Coméedie Française, German theatres Deutsches Theatre and the Berliner Ensemble, the Vienna Burgtheater). Along with regular instruction, part of the class block is with external foreign instructors through workshops and lectures.
Learning outcomes
The course broadens students' artistic view based on a detailed analysis of viewed foreign stagings (recorded or during an excursion abroad), enables an incorporation of knowledge into a context of the developmental tendencies in Czech Drama and one's own artistic practice, and become acquainted through practice with artistic methods of European directors, dramaturgists and actors.
Prerequisites and other requirements
Attendance at not only individual classes but also participation in excursions abroad, workshops and lectures with foreign artists, reviewed in a course paper.
Literature
Reviews and professional studies devoted to individual phenomena, accompanying image, text and audio-visual documentation (recordings, photographs, program documentation).
Evaluation methods and criteria
Written analyses, reviews, English language research.
Further information
Course may be repeated
Schedule for winter semester 2024/2025:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2024/2025:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (Elective subjects)
- Directing for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (Elective subjects)
- Acting for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (Elective subjects)
- Directing and Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (B.A.) (Elective subjects)