Classic Fairytale

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
204PUCF exam 2 14 hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 40 to 50 hours of self-study English

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Department

Předmět zajišťuje Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre

Contents

Students will learn the dramaturgic knowledge of puppetry in theory and practice by classic fairytales. They will be able to analyse and use the elements of text, puppetry, scenery and music together and separately. They will learn about the relationship between different classic fairytale’s texts and puppetry techniques and the dramaturgic consequences of puppet and human. The students will look after how the classic fairytale’s dramaturgy is working and what they can use on stage from it.

Learning outcomes

They will be able to analyse and use the elements of text, puppetry, scenery and music together and separately. They will learn about the relationship between different classic fairytale’s texts and puppetry techniques and the dramaturgic consequences of puppet and human.

Prerequisites and other requirements

None

Literature

Propp, Vladimir Yakovlevich: Morphology of the Folktale. American Folklore Society and Indiana University, 1968.

Propp, Vladimir Yakovlevich: The Historical Roots of the Fairy Tales, Western Washington University, 1997

Aarne, Antti –Thompson, Stith: The Types of the Folktale: A Classification and Bibliography. Helsinki, Academia

Scientiarum Fennica, 1961.

Bettelheim, Bruno: The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

Evaluation methods and criteria

Oral exam

Further information

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