Perception of foreign tendencies in contemporary European drama 1

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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)

Jitka GORIAUX

Department

Předmět zajišťuje 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:

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Schedule for summer semester 2024/2025:

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The subject is a part of the following study plans