History and Theory of Alternative and Puppet Theatre Seminar 1

Tutor:

Alica DUBSKÁ

Synopsis:

This seminar is a follow-up to the lectures on the history of Czech puppetry loutkářství. It reacts to work completed by students, who in their seminar assignments and subsequent discussions look at the various stages in the development of world theatre and seek to understand how changes in theatre as a whole are connected, with special regard to puppet theatre.

Prerequisites:

1. General knowledge of theatre history and the development of theatre theory.

2. To complete seminar work on a given theme and defend it in discussion.

3. The ability to actively join a discussion on a given theme.

Study Objectives:

1. Deepening students? knowledge of the development of world theatre as this affected the development of alternative and puppet theatre.

2. Recognising the principles behind the development of puppet theatre and social functions in broader historical contexts.

3. Making students better able to independently prepare a selected theme from history.

Outline and Syllabus:

Curriculum:

1. Focus on the basic stages of development in world theatre and their social function

2. Seeking the relationship between individual theatrical genres and puppet theatre during the development of theatre

3. Investigating the beginnings of the history of traditional Czech puppetry as a specific phenomenon in Central European puppet theatre based on the example of the Brát and Pratte puppeteer families.

3. Modern European theatre, especially the theatrical avant-garde, and its influence on the creation of alternative and puppet theatre.

Syllabus:

To begin with, the seminar works with the knowledge that students have gained of the history and theory of theatre and then seeks, through seminar assignments and the ensuing discussions, to deepen their insight into the connections between the basic stages of world theatre history?s development as a whole, and how this affected the specific development of puppet theatre. Part of the semester is devoted to the development of marionette theatre in Central Europe based on new research into the activities of three generations of the Brát and Pratte puppeteer familiies. The second semester emphasises the development of modern European theatre, in particular the avant-garde and its influence on the development of alternative theatre forms and research into their contribution to the creation of contemporary puppetry.

Study materials:

V.K.Blahník: Dějiny světového divadla

O. G. Brockett: Dějiny světového divadla

M. Semil, E. Wysiňska: Slovník světového divadla

P. Pörtner: Experimentální divadlo

Dějiny českého divadla I-IV

kol.: Slovník Literárních směrů a skupin

V. Macura: Slovník světových literárních děl

H. Jurkowski: Magie loutky

J. Veltruský: Příspěvek k teorii divadla

J. Císař: Teorie herectví loutkového divadla

Z. Hořínek: Divadlo mezi modernou a postmodernou

kol.: Česká divadelní kultura v datech a souvislostech

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 () DUBSKÁ A. 09:00–10:30 (paralelka 1)
Fri
Thu
Fri

Schedule for summer semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený magisterský herectví ALD (compulsory subject)
• Doporučený bakalářský režie a dramaturgie ALD (compulsory subject)
• Doporučený bakalářský scénografie ALD (compulsory subject)