Puppet Theatre Theory (modul 3)
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| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204PUPTT | credit | 2 | 30 hours (45 min) of instruction per semester, 28 to 38 hours of self-study | English |
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Předmět zajišťuje Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre
Contents
The course is an introduction to the views and opinions about the puppet theatre. What is the place of puppet theatre in the universal culture. Puppet in the context of aesthetics and philosophy (Kleist - Craig - Lotman). Analysis of the language of puppet theatre and the theatre of different means of expression, including the theatre of the object. The aim here is to create the awareness of puppeteers as to the importance of their future artistic activities.
The aim of the subject is to acquaint the student with source texts of theatrical-theoretical character, which are valuable for the development and shaping of thought concerning puppet theatre throughout centuries. The analysis and interpretation of texts acquaint the student with different forms of reflection devoted to this field of art. Through a broad
historical context, they allow the student to ponder and act in those areas of puppetry art, which he/she independently chooses.
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Literature
Edward Gordon Craig, On the art of the theatre
Henryk Jurkowski, A History of European Puppetry: From Its Origins to the End of the 19th Century
Henryk Jurkowski, History of European Puppetry: The Twentieth Century
In search of aesthetics for the Puppet Theatre / Michael Meschke; in collaboration with Margareta Sörenson, transl. from
the swedish by Susanna Stevens- New Delhi : Indira Gandhi national Centre for the Arts; Sterling Publishers Private
Limited , 1992.
Present trends in research of the world puppetry: a collection of papers / Red. Marek Waszkiel.- Warsaw: Institute of Art
of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 1992.
A Bench Book of Puppetry : containing useful references in alphabetical order / compiled and il. H. W. Whanslaw-
Redhill : Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1957.
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Further information
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