History of Stage Design 2

Course unit code:

203DEA2

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zkouška

Range:

3/T

Type of course unit:

compulsory subject

Level of course unit:

Year of study

1st year

Semester when the course unit is delivered

letní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Vlasta KOUBSKÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Vlasta KOUBSKÁ

Study Objectives:

Seznámit studenty s historií scénografie na českém území, jejími nejvýznamnějšími etapami a souvislostmi s evropskou scénografií. Obeznámit studenty s metodami, jenž byly využívány při utváření scénického prostoru, a ozřejmit jejich principy.

Mode of delivery:

Lectures with samples by the most important Czech set-designers. Samples of the memoirs of the National Museum Theatre Dept. Sources of inspiration and relationships to European set-design.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

DEA 1 Lectures

Recommended optional programme components

Visits to contemporary productions and subsequent analysis from a scenic design viewpoint.

Course contents:

Lectures and classes with presentations of the most important set design works of the Czech theatre avand garde of the 1920s and 30s. A course paper on a selected topic in the history of avant garde set design. Searching for sources of inspiration and relations to set design.

- Vlastislav Hofman and the beginnings of Czech theatre expressionism

- Josef Čapek - relationship of painting and set design

- František Troester - scenic urbansim and imagination

- Theatregraph D 34, E.F. Burian, Laterna Magika

- Alexandr Vladimir Hrska and Antonin Heythum

- František Zelenka - pre-war effects and Terezin

- Beřich Feuerstein, František Muzika

- Josef Svoboda and new stage technology.

Study materials:

-Monografie jednotlivých scénografů vydané Divadelním ústavem :

Josef Svoboda, Marcel Pokorný , Květoslav Bubeník , Joan Brehms , Adolf Wenig, Zbyněk Kolář, Vladimír Nývlt , Oldřich Šimáček , Jaroslav Malina

-Burian Jarka M., Modern Czech Theatre, Iowa City 2000

-A Mirror of World Theatre ? PQ95,99, Prague 2001

-Brandesky J., Metaphor and Irony Revisited, Iowa 2007

-Blake Jody, An Eye for the Stage, San Antonio 2004

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Visits to fine arts exhibits, the scenic design depositary of the Theatre dept. of the National Museum.

Assessment methods and criteria

75% attendance at lectures and classes, independent creation of the course paper and its presentation (approx. 10 pages of text), final exam through an exam, or as the case may be an oral exam.

Language of instruction:

English

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

Stage Design in English (M.A.) (compulsory subject)