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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
204AHL1 credit 6 2 hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 132 to 162 hours of self-study English winter

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Department

Předmět zajišťuje Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre

Contents

A four-semester course devoted to the history of European theatre, which in the second part focuses on the history of Czech puppetry. Its aim is to place puppetry in the overall context of European theatre and explain the role theatre played in that stage of cultural development with regard to the role of the puppeteers in Central Europe. The basic methodology will be simple: we will ask WHO? WHAT WHEN? HOW? and WITH WHAT RESULTS?

Learning outcomes

To acquaint students with the history of European theatre from antiquity to the present (consdering also puppet theatre). To acquaint the students with the cutlural and historical contexts, most important figures and fundamental milestones of development. A glimpse into the issues will gradually narrow towards the particulars of Czech puppet theatre.

Prerequisites and other requirements

Independent study of recommended literature.

Literature

Oscar G. Brockett: History of the Theatre

Henryk Jurkowski: A History of European Puppetry from Its Origins to the End of the 19th Century

Henryk Jurkowski: Aspects of Puppet Theatre

Alois Tománek: Forms of Puppets

Authors Collective: Czech Puppet Theatre Yesterday and Today

Evaluation methods and criteria

Lecture attendance is required during the semester which is a requirement for receiving credit (after the 1st and 3rd) as well as sitting the final exam (after the 2nd and 4th).

Note

The basic literature will be supplemented during lectures.

Instruction schedule see: www DAMU / katedra ALD / Pro studenty / Rozvrhy

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