Contemporary Theatre of the Western Culture 2

Tutor:

Daniela JOBERTOVÁ, Martina SCHLEGELOVÁ

Synopsis:

The seminar follows up directly on the seminar Contemporary Theatre in the West 1, continuing to familiarize students with the most important contemporary Euro-American theatrical tendencies. Besides direct individual experience with foreign theatre, it uses video recordings, foreign language dramatic texts and, of course, texts existing in Czech translation.

Prerequisites:

Study Objectives:

The course's goal is to continue with reflection on dramatic and theatrical creation in selected language areas (French in this case) and to try to understand it in a broader historical context (in this case in the context of French rhetorical theatre).

Outline and Syllabus:

French drama and theatre:

1. The phenomenon of Bernard-Marie Koltes: renaissance of dramatic dialogue (analysis of several key texts, analysis of recordings of productions, play rehearsals etc.)

2. Aesthetic of the fragment and dramatic monologue: Philippe Minyana

3. Contemporary French comedy: Yasmina Reza and Jean-Claude Carriere versus Daniel Lemahieu and Eugene Durif

4. Frency „lyric coolness“: from Xavier Durringer to the generation today in their thirties.

5. Deconstruction of language: Valere Novarina

Study materials:

Basic information:

O. Brockett, Dějiny divadla

Technical literature for the given language area:

Articles in technical journals (SAD, Disk, Divadelní noviny)

University these (bachelor's, master's, doctoral)

Studies printed in symposia (e.g. FF MU)

Foreign language literature (e.g. Michel Vinaver, Le Compte-rendu d´Avignon etc.)

Theatrical plays: concrete texts are chosen at the start of each semester).

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer 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 K225 Pracovna pedagogů () JOBERTOVÁ D. 09:00–10:30 (paralelka 1)
Fri
Thu
Fri

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený bakalářský teorie a kritika (compulsory subject)