Contemporary Theatre of the Western Culture 1

Tutor:

Daniela JOBERTOVÁ, Martina SCHLEGELOVÁ

Synopsis:

This seminar focuses on familiarization with the most important contemporary Euro-American theatrical trends; besides direct individual experience with foreign theatre, it uses video recordings, foreign-language dramatic texts and, of course, texts existing in Czech translations.

Prerequisites:

- participation in the seminar (2 absences per semester are tolerated);

- continuous preparation and active work in the seminar;

- 1 paper during the semester;

- final term paper

Study Objectives:

The goal of the seminar is to familiarize students with current European theatrical or dramatic works, especially those based on completely different traditions from the theatrical culture of Central Europe or of the Czech Republic and is therefore neglected by current czech dramaturgy. The emphasis is on work with texts that do not fall into traditional dramatic categories and therefore are resistant to classic dramaturgical analysis. An integral part of the seminar is also reflection on the different preception of the dramatic or of theatricality in various (European) cultures.

Outline and Syllabus:

Specialization in French drama and theatre; main topics:

1. French drama and theatre in the 2nd half of the 20th century - general introduction

2. Process of theatrical decentralization in the 1950s and its consequences

3. Women authors: Marguerite Duras and Nathalie Sarraut

4. Theatre of the everyday: Michel Vinaver

5. Generation of directors: Antoine Vitez, Roger Planchon, Patrice Chéreau, Jacques Lassalle etc.

6. The phenomenon of the Comédie-Francaise - history and the present

7. 1968, 1970s and collective creation: the case of Ariane Mnouchkin

8. Peter Brook in Bouffes du Nord: from Shakespeare to Shakespeare

(Information about other language areas - Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland - these will be covered successively in other lectures in cooperation with guest experts.)

Study materials:

Basic information:

O. Brockett, Dějiny divadla

Specialized literature for the give language area:

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

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

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

Foreign language literature (e.g. Valere Novarina, Devant la parole etc.)

Theatrical plays: the selection of specific texts will take place at the start of each semester.

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 K225 Pracovna pedagogů () 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 bakalářský režie a dramaturgie ČD (compulsory subject)