Dramaturgy of Post-dramatic Theatre

Subject guarantor:

Name of lecturer(s):

Jan VEDRAL

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Students get a bearing in the issues of so called post-dramatic theatre. They are able to identify its particular features, define it in regards to theatre drama. They are able to distinguish creative originals from the conventional „alternative“ eclecticism. The are able to define the responsibility of the creative elements of a theatre piece, particularly, dramaturgy, directing and set design.

Mode of study:

Attended, lectures combined with classes.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Detailed knowledge of the history of theatre in the context of Western culture. A requirement is the completion of „Theatre Terminology, History of Czech Theatre“ and „History of World Theatre I and II“.

Recommended optional programme components:

No additionally recommended electives.

Course contents:

Students are acquainted with some aspects of the phenomenon marked as post-dramatic theatre through lectures devoted to partial issues of the composition and structure of important works placed in that theatre direction. These works are introduced to the students as independent study, screenings and analyses during lectures. The aim of the lecture series and analysis classes is to partially give students a bearing in the issues of „fashionable theatre of the post-modern“ which covers the contemporary theatre discourse and provides them, for reviewing pieces, the basic analytical tools allowing for a critical approach and permits the distinguishing of the artistically original from the conventional „alternative“ eclecticism. For students in creative studies, aside from inspiration, these lectures should benefit the awareness of a new definition and the responsibility of creative elements of a theatre piece, in particular, dramaturgy, directing and set design.

Recommended or required reading:

Fundamental works:

August Stridberg: Hra snů

Eugene Ionesco: Král umírá

Roland Schimmelpfenig: Arabská noc

Sarah Kane: Psychoza 4.48

Tadeusz Kantor: Wielopole, wielopole.

Andrej Tarkovskij: Zrcadlo

Christoph Marthaler: Murx Europaener

Others:

Aristoteles: Poetika, překlad M. Mráz, Praha 2008

Zich, Otakar: Estetika dramatického umění, Praha 1968

Fischer-Lichte, Erika: Estetika performativity, Mníšek pod Brdy 2011

Petříček, Miroslav: Myšlení obrazem, Praha 2009

Lehmann, Hans Thies: Postdramatické divadlo, Bratislava 2007

Knopová, Elena: Svet kontroverznej drámy, Bratislava 2011

Lyotard, Jean Francois: O postmodernismu, Praha 1993

Prigogine, Ilja, Stengerssova, Isabella: Řád z chaosu, Praha 2001

Syřišťová, Eva: Puklý čas, Praha 2005

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Presentation, moderated discussions, screening of relevant audio-visual recordings, possible attendance at theatre performances.

Assessment methods and criteria:

85% attendance in instruction, completion of writing assignments. The exam contains a literary analysis in wider contexts and an analysis of examples of post-drama theatre with an emphasis on the function of individual theatre elements.

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Further information:

This course is an elective for all students of this school

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

	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	místnost S201 Hallerův sál (Karlova 26, Praha 1) VEDRAL J. 17:10–18:30 (přednášková par. 1)
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Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Mon	17:10–18:30	VEDRAL J.	Hallerův sál Karlova 26, Praha 1		přednášková par. 1

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