Theory of Theatre and its Components 1
- Course unit code:
- 201TDM1
- Course unit title:
- Theory of Theatre and its Components 1
- Mode of delivery:
- zápočet
- Range:
- 2/T
- Type of course unit:
- Study plan Dramaturgie činoherního divadla (Mgr.) – compulsory subject
Study plan Herectví činoherního divadla (Mgr.) – compulsory subject
Study plan Režie činoherního divadla (Mgr.) – compulsory subject
Study plan Directing for Dramatic Theatre in English (M.A.) – compulsory subject - Level of course unit:
- Year of study
- Study plan Dramaturgie činoherního divadla (Mgr.) – 1st year
Study plan Herectví činoherního divadla (Mgr.) – 3rd year
Study plan Režie činoherního divadla (Mgr.) – 1st year
Study plan Directing for Dramatic Theatre in English (M.A.) – 1st year - Semester when the course unit is delivered
- letní
- Number of ECTS credits allocated:
- 1
- Garant předmětu:
- Jan VEDRAL, Jana KUDLÁČKOVÁ
- Name of lecturer(s):
- Jan VEDRAL, Jakub KORČÁK, Jan BURIAN, Jana KUDLÁČKOVÁ
- Study Objectives:
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Systematic reflection on basic problems and questions connected with the emergence and development of dramatic art, analysis of concrete examples from contemporary stage practice.
- Mode of delivery:
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Semináře, vypracování otázek k magisterským zkouškám a jejich prezentace.
- Prerequisites and co-requisites:
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The course ends with a text on knowledge learned, taking into account tasks completed dealing with at least one topic in the form of a coherent essay (ca. 3 to 5 standard pages), and reflection on one's own practical activity on stage.
- Recommended optional programme components
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Průběžné sledování inscenací pražských i mimopražských divadel, návštěvy divadelních festivalů, četba divadelních periodik.
- Course contents:
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The course curriculum consists of questions for the Master's examination on history and theory of drama theatre formulated so that they should lead to brief comment supplemented with specific examples; this should be based not only on knowledge learned, but also on thinking over one's own experiences from Stage Creation and practice in productions.
1. Dramatic (stage) art with respect to its cultural, aesthetic or psychosocial function; dramatic art in the tradition of Western (Occidental) and Eastern (Oriental) cultures.
2. Drama, dramaticism, the dramatic; the theatre: an institution, building, ensemble, operations, way of communicating; Dramaticism and theatricality (stagecraft): drama and the theatre (stage), theatricality and the spectacle, stagecraft and theatricality, the external and internal, obvious and hidden.
3. Played („staged“) in life and the art of acting (on stage or dramatic); Mimesis: (dramatic or staged) art as image and expression.
4. Types and genres of dramatic (staged) art with respect to supply and demand; Types and genres of dramatic (staged) art in connection with their components and usual or possible methods of their arrangement.
5. Relationship of the stage and the audience in a mirror of (realized and possible) transformations of theatrical space.
6. Acting between the delivery of a role, comic production and self expression.
7. Classicism, romanticism and realism: attitudes and styles, periods and tendencies, general cultural sources and local period phenomena; Archaic (traditional), modern and contemporary (postmodern): eras, attitudes, art; Techné and enthusiasmos: prerequisites and specific features of the creative process in dramatic art and its imaginative and intellectual aspects, intuition and craft, convention as a condition for and obstacle to creation.
8. Dramatic art and development of the media
In connection with the main courses, in the case of this seminar it involves, besides an opportunity to supplement and expand one's knowledge with respect to history and theory, also the opportunity to confront acquired knowledge with practical experiences gained in earlier study and first contacts with practice.
- Study materials:
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Master?s examination questions on the history and theory of dramatic art for all fields at DAMU:
1. Dramatic (stage) art with respect to its cultural, aesthetic or psychosocial function: dramatic art as a cultural factor, play, image, entertainment and/or self-expression
2. Dramatic art in traditional Western (occidental) and Eastern (oriental) culture
3. Drama, dramatic character, and the dramatic in ?civilian? life, education and the arts
4. Theatre: an institution, building, space, ensemble, operations, means of communication, or expression and/or art
5. Dramatic character and theatricality (stage character): drama (not just in the sense of a theatrical play) and the theatre (stage), theatricality and spectacle, stage character and theatricality, the external and internal, obvious and hidden
6. Acting (?staging?) in life and in the art of acting (stage or drama)
7. Mimesis: (dramatic or stage) art as image and expression
8. Types and genres of dramatic (stage) art with respect to supply (creative intentions of those who do it) and demand (i.e. audience ?needs? and tendencies)
9. Types and genres of dramatic (stage) art in connection with its components and the usual or possible methods of their arrangement
10. Relationship of the theatre and auditorium as reflected in (realized and possible) transformations of theatrical space
11. Acting between performance of a role, comic production and self-expression: actor and player or comedien and acteur, professional and amateur, actor and entertainer
12. Classicism, romanticism and realism: attitudes and styles, periods and tendencies, general cultural sources and local period manifestations
13. Archaic (traditional), modern and present (postmodern): periods, attitudes, art
14. Techn? and enthusiasmos: preconditions and specific features of the creative process in dramatic art and its imaginative and intellectual factor, intuition and craft; convention as a condition for and a barrier to creation
15. Dramatic art and development of the media
Master?s examination questions on history and theory of the field directing of drama:
1. From Diderot to today: the origins and development of European dramaturgy (in the broader sense of ?thought about theatre?), taking into account the origins and development of modern directing
2. The origins and development of Czech dramaturgy, taking into account the origins and development of modern Czech directing (Kvapil, Hilar, E. F. Burian, Grossman et al. ? where does dramaturgy end and the director begin?)
3. The origins and transformations of modern European directing in relation to the development of dramaturgy (?intellectual? directors, ?arranger? directors and ?acting? directors; the double meaning of ?acting? directing)
4. The origins and transformations of modern Czech directing in relation to dramaturgy and taking into account its European context
5. Drama and theatrical (stage) space: the origin, types and transformations of modern stage art and the development of European stage design
6. The origins and transformation of modern Czech stage art and the development of Czech stage design
7. Drama, the dramatic and dramatic character taking into consideration the problem of the relation of the aesthetic category and of the concept of historical poetics (dramatic character of Dostoevsky?s novels and the lyricism of E. F. Burian?s theatre)
8. Space-time of drama and space-time of the staged work taking into account the specific space-time of various genres and styles
9. The dramatic work and the story, staging and director?s invention: story and action, the director?s conception and stage action, subject, story and theme
10. The dramatic, staged and acted character in various (historically based) genres and styles of dramatic and stage creation, the director?s role in the creation of an acted and staged character (see the relationship between acting and other resources for the building of a staged character in E. F. Burian)
11. ?Civilian? speech and verse, versification systems in European drama, development and specific features of Czech verse, the concept of spoken rhythm and its application in prose and verse; construction of the actor?s spoken part and the director?s ?orchestration?, voices and sounds, music as a constitutive element and as mere accompaniment
12. From playing out a situation to movement in space: attitude and posture, gestus and gesture, gestus of the character and gestus of the stage, individual movement and movement of the whole, the visual artistic aspect of an actor?s movement in space and stage design, directing and choreography
13. Interpretation and realization: analysis and understanding, the work and (current) context, ?reading? of the text and its concrete realization, the dramaturge?s and director?s conception and the genesis of the staged work; illustration of intent and the creative (rehearsal) process
14. The classic text as a cultural phenomenon and as material: interpretation, updating, adaptation, variations
15. Originality and tradition: ?classics? (?classicism?) and the present (?modernity?), canons and convention and their violation (?innovation?), the individual and the generational approach, tying in with tradition and trendiness
- Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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Referáty na zadaná témata (vypracované otázky k magisterským zkouškám) a debaty o nich.
- Assessment methods and criteria
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Ukončení zkouškou ověřující získané poznatky s ohledem na odevzdané úkoly zpracovávající alespoň jedno z témat ve formě souvislého výkladu (cca 3 - 5 ns), autoreflexe praktické jevištní činnosti.
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- Work placement(s):
- Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.
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- Note:
- Schedule for winter semester 2010/2011:
- The schedule has not yet been prepared
- Schedule for summer semester 2010/2011:
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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 Fri Thu Fri - The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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- Dramaturgie činoherního divadla (Mgr.) (compulsory subject)
- Herectví činoherního divadla (Mgr.) (compulsory subject)
- Režie činoherního divadla (Mgr.) (compulsory subject)
- Directing for Dramatic Theatre in English (M.A.) (compulsory subject)