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Dramaturgy, a Component of Theatrical Art 1

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction
204DSD1 Z 1 2/T Czech
Tutor:
Miloslav KLÍMA
Synopsis:

Brief history of the subject; three elements of dramaturgy (authorial; dramaturgy of the whole and dramaturgy of one production; dramaturgy of an enterprise, activity, experiment). Rules of production, team cooperation. Examples: B. Brecht: Caucasion Chalk Circle, production of the Liberec Naive Theatre, Mrštík Brothers: Maryša, Hradec Králové DVÚ production.

Prerequisites:

1. General knowledge of Czech and world literature on drama

2. General knowledge of basic theatre studies

3. Capacity for analysis and relection

4. Creative prerequisites

Study Objectives:

1. To acquaint students with the content of the dramaturgic components of a theatrical work regarding its historical development, current trends and approaches.

2. To acquaint students with dramaturgy?s functional connection with other elements in a dynamic, i.e. constantly interactive approach.

3. To acquaint students with the basic and accompanying tasks of dramaturgy from the origins of a stage work through its live existence as a live piece of work.

Outline and Syllabus:

Curriculum:

1. History of dramaturgy

2. Modern conception of the three basic pillars of dramaturgy

3. Theatrical space and its designation and definition in dramaturgy

4. Possibilities and characteristics of theatrical activity, enterprises and experimentation

5. Theatrical creation as a team enterprise

6. Development towards full transparency of dramatic textual sources

7. Energy of the primary material, energy of the stage work

8. Titles of works used in development and final works

9. Individual steps of dramaturgy from the idea to the final performance

10. Questions of interpretation, appeal and stereotypes

11. Function of metaphor, adaptations and allusions

12. Extreme experience: Grossman, Krofta

13. Three approaches: analytical, thematic, associative

14. Presentation of the theatre and accompanying activity

Syllabus:

Individual chapters of the syllabus are analysed in detail and explained both as a summary of possibilities, aiming rather to open up the broadest possible range of possibility than to reach a categorical definition, and are also documented in analysed and reflected projections of the records of stage works which can be used to good effect for the relevant subject (e.g.: B. Brecht?s The Caucasion Chalk Circle in the production by I. Rajmont in the Naive Theatre in Liberec using a combination of actors and stage characters in puppet theatre; Mrštík Brothers: Maryša directed by J. Grossman in the DVÚ Hradec Králové together with J. Grossman?s study On the Interpretation of a Text as an example of the essential interpretation of a text; Collective Work: Song of Life directed by J. Kroft DRAK Theatre in Hradec Králové as the essential treatment or adaptation of a text and combination of puppetry and dramatic methods; Moliere: Don Juan directed by J. Grossman in Divadlo Na zábradlí in Prague as an example of adaptation and interpretation of of a production. And many other productions in this line, where it?s possible to get DVD recordings). The aim of the lectures and accompanying projections is to show students how the elements of a stage work are interlinked, how they constantly interact, and the main tasks of dramaturgy in this procedure.

1. History of dramaturgy

2. Modern conception of three basic pillars of dramaturgy

3. Theatrical space and its designation and definition in dramaturgy

4. Possibilities and characteristics of theatrical activity, enterprises and experimentation

5. Theatrical creation as a team enterprise

6. Development towards full transparency of dramatic textual sources

7. Energy of the primary material, energy of the stage work

8. Titles of works used in development and final works

9. Individual steps in dramaturgy from the idea to the last performance

10. Questions of interpretation, appeal and stereotypes

11. The function of metaphors, adaptations and allusions

Individual chapters of the syllabus are analysed in detail and explained both as a summary of possibilities, aiming rather to open up the broadest possible range of possibility than to reach a categorical definition, and are also documented in analysed and reflected projections of the records of stage works which can be used to good effect for the relevant subject (e.g.: B. Brecht?s The Caucasion Chalk Circle in the production by I. Rajmont in the Naive Theatre in Liberec using a combination of actors and stage characters in puppet theatre; Mrštík Brothers: Maryša directed by J. Grossman in the DVÚ Hradec Králové together with J. Grossman?s study On the Interpretation of a Text as an example of the essential interpretation of a text; Collective Work: Song of Life directed by J. Kroft Theatre DRAK in Hradec Králové, as the essential treatment or adaptation of a text and combination of puppetry and dramatic methods; Moliere: Don Juan directed by J. Grossman in Divadlo Na zábradlí in Prague as an example of adaptation and interpretation of a production. And many other productions in this line, where it?s possible to get DVD recordings). The aim of the lectures and accompanying projections is to show students how the elements of a stage work are interlinked, how they constantly interact, and the main tasks of dramaturgy in this procedure.

12. Extreme experience: Grossman, Krofta

13. Three approaches: analytical, thematic, associative

14. Presentation of the theatre and accompanying activities

Study materials:

Dictionary on Aesthestics

Dictionary of World Theatre Slovník světového divadla (DÚ)

Divadla studiového typu (sborníky DÚ)

World theatre (sborníky DÚ)

The Modern Face of Theatre

A Play on Love and Death, Ubu Roi, Comedy on Torture (Hra o lásce a smrti, Král Ubu, Komedie o umučení (DÚ volumes)

Myšlení o divadle I a II

Magazines: Theatrical Review, The World and Theatre, DISK, the Puppeteer Časopisy: Divadelní revue, Svět a divadlo, DISK, Loutkář

And other literature stated in the accreditation materials for the KALD DAMU Study Program and posted on KALD DAMU websites

Note:
Schedule for winter semester 2008/2009:
06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
místnost S201
Hallerův sál
()
KLÍMA M.
14:00–15:30
(paralelka 1)
místnost S201
Hallerův sál
()
KLÍMA M.
14:10–15:40
(paralelka 1)
Fri
Thu
Fri
Schedule for summer semester 2008/2009:
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