Search for Contexts 4

Subject guarantor:

Name of lecturer(s):

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

To acquaint students with the history of European theatre from antiquity to the present (consdering also puppet theatre). To acquaint the students with the cutlural and historical contexts, most important figures and fundamental milestones of development. A glimpse into the issues will gradually narrow towards the particulars of Czech puppet theatre.

Mode of study:

Theory lectures describing the history of European theatre with an emphasis on Central Europe. The course lectures will be in English.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Independent study of recommended literature.

Recommended optional programme components:

No elective requirements.

Course contents:

A four-semester course devoted to the history of European theatre, which in the second part focuses on the history of Czech puppetry. Its aim is to place puppetry in the overall context of European theatre and explain the role theatre played in that stage of cultural development with regard to the role of the puppeteers in Central Europe. The basic methodology will be simple: we will ask WHO? WHAT WHEN? HOW? and WITH WHAT RESULTS?

Recommended or required reading:

Oscar G. Brockett: History of the Theatre

Henryk Jurkowski: A History of European Puppetry from Its Origins to the End of the 19th Century

Henryk Jurkowski: Aspects of Puppet Theatre

Alois Tománek: Forms of Puppets

Authors Collective: Czech Puppet Theatre Yesterday and Today

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Watching selected productions related to lecture topics and subsequent discussions about them.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Lecture attendance is required during the semester which is a requirement for receiving credit (after the 1st and 3rd) as well as sitting the final exam (after the 2nd and 4th).

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Note:

The basic literature will be supplemented during lectures.

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 alternativního a loutkového divadla (Mgr.) (optional subject)
• Režie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Mgr.) (optional subject)
• Scénografie alternativního a loutkového divadla (Mgr.) (optional subject)
• Herectví alternativního a loutkového divadla (Mgr.) (optional subject)
• Režie alternativního a loutkového divadla v anglickém jazyce (Mgr.) (compulsory subject)