Seminar of Criticism 5

Subject guarantor:

Radmila HRDINOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Radmila HRDINOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Practical introduction to critical analysis, critical understanding of a text within a production form, monitoring the text-production relationship and transformations of the text within the staged form.

Mode of study:

Discussion, text analysis, analysis of recorded theatre performances or films, attendance at theatre performances.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Continual short writing assignments - a final term paper (critical analysis of a text) with emphasis on transformations of the text

Recommended optional programme components:

No elective requirements.

Course contents:

The world of contemporary drama and its developmental tendencies. The form of the contemporary theatrical text. Tools of text analysis (Pavis, Eco, Vinaver). Critical approach to a production, critical approach to a text. Relationship between reading and producing a dramatic text.

Recommended or required reading:

J.Císař: Text a scénování - Na okrak pěti inscenací Divadla na Zábradlí

U.Eco: Lector in fabula

P.Christov: Michel Vinaver jako divadelní teoretik

P.Pavis: Divadelní slovník

P.Ricoeur: Struktura a hermeneutika

A. Ubersfeld: Lire le theatre

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Classes

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit and the exam are awarded primarily based on participation thorughout the entire course. Another necessary condition for credit is completion of a paper (defended in a discussion), or completion of a test evaluating the students view and bearing in contemporary theatre events and writing ability (including a Czech spelling and grammar test).

Course web page:

Note:

Schedule for winter 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
Tue	místnost S412 Učebna (Karlova 26, Praha 1) HRDINOVÁ R. 14:30–16:00 (přednášková par. 1)
Fri
Thu
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Tue	14:30–16:00	HRDINOVÁ R.	Učebna Karlova 26, Praha 1		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Theory and criticism (B.A.) (main subject)