Modern Tales

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
204PUMT 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 modern tales. 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 modern tale’s texts and puppetry techniques and the dramaturgic consequences of puppet and human. The students will look after how the modern tale’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.

Prerequisites and other requirements

None

Literature

Bettelheim, Bruno: The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales, Penguin, London, 1991.

Franz, Marie-Louise von: The Feminine in Fairy Tales, Shambhala, 2001

Zalka Csenge Virág: Tales of Superhuman Powers – 55 traditional stories from around the world, McFarland, 2013

Francis, Penny (ed.:): Puppetry: A Reader in Theatre Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Oral exam

Further information

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