Theory of Theatre Seminar 2

Tutor:

Jan CÍSAŘ

Synopsis:

The seminar makes use of study in the class Fundamentals of Theatrical Terminology and experience gained in the classes Stage Propaedeutics and Stage Creation and serves for developing theoretical reflection on problems confronted by directors and dramaturges in cooperationwith actors or stage designers in the process of staging dramatic texts.

Prerequisites:

Term paper on an assigned theme with the aid of continually assigned specialized literature.

Study Objectives:

Systematic theoretical reflection on basic problems of producing a stage work and analysis of concrete examples from contemporary theatre practice.

Outline and Syllabus:

Text of a dramatic and staged work

From the dramatic situation to action in theatrical space

Text and subtext, the „exterior“ and „interior“, image and expression, conventional and expressive behaviour

Two directions of stage communication and their consequences and transformations

Study materials:

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2009/2010:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2009/2010:

	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 K224 Pracovna pedagogů (Karlova 26, Praha 1) CÍSAŘ J. 09:00–10:30 (paralelka 1)
Fri
Thu
Fri

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený bakalářský režie a dramaturgie ČD (compulsory subject)