Theory of Theatre and its Components 1

Subject guarantor:

Jan VEDRAL

Name of lecturer(s):

Jan VEDRAL

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

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 study:

Classes, development of master's exam questions and their presentation.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

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:

Continual monitoring the productions of Prague and other theatres beyond Prague. Attendance at theatre festivals. Readings of theatre periodicals.

Course contents:

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.

Recommended or required reading:

Ukládán a doplňován průběžně podle konkrétních úkolů.

Brockett, O. G. Dějiny divadla

Císař, J. Přehled dějin českého divadla I, II

Aristoteles. Poetika

Zich, O. Estetika dramatického umění

Honzl, J. K novému významu umění

Vostrý, J. O hercích a herectví, Divadelní a literární podobizny

Gajdoš, J. Postmoderné podoby divadla

Pavis, P. Divadelní slovník, Praha

Vostrý, J. Režie je umění

Balvín, J. / Pokorný: Vídeňské lidové divadlo

Vostrý, J. Činoherní klub 1965-1972

Burian, E. F. O nové divadlo 1930-1940

Hyvnar, J. Herec v moderním divadle

Diderot, Herecký paradox

Brecht, B. Myšlenky

Císař, J. Základy dramaturgie 1, 2

Mukařovský, J. Otázky z estetiky

Veltruský, Příspěvky k teorii divadla

Frejka, J. Železná doba divadla

Lukavský, R. Stanislavského metoda herecké práce, Kultura mluveného slova

Otokar Fischer a Národní divadlo

Götz, F. Boj o český divadelní sloh

Šalda, F. X. 0 naší moderní kultuře divadelně dramatické

Fischer, O. K dramatu

Macura, V. Paradox obrozenského divadla, in: Divadlo v české kultuře 19. století

Grossman, J. Analýzy

Hyvnar, J. Francouzská divadelní reforma, Praha 1996

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Papers on an assigned topic (developed issues for the master's exam) and debates about them.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Completed with an exam checking the acquired knowledge considering the submitted task of developing at least one of the topics in the form of a related presentation. (cca. 3-5 pages), self-review of stage activties.

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Schedule for winter semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Dramaturgie činoherního divadla (Mgr.) (compulsory subject)
• Herectví činoherního divadla (Mgr.) (compulsory subject)
• Režie činoherního divadla (Mgr.) (compulsory subject)
• Režie činoherního divadla v angličtině (Mgr.) (compulsory subject)