Seminar of Poetics 2

Subject guarantor:

Name of lecturer(s):

Pavel JANOUŠEK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

the course aim is to introduce students to poetry as a study of theatre arts, essentially, theatre forms, types and genres. As well, to understand poetry in a sense of a certain generalization which includes possibly of an entire era, where there is an emphasis on the historical aspect. Finally, this covers poetry as a possible tool of stage form analysis at a specific independent arts system.

Mode of study:

Lecture, selected text readings and discussions, course papers and analyses.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No requirements.

Recommended optional programme components:

No elective requirements.

Course contents:

Fundamentals of poetry theatre from antiquity to the modern:

Greek theatre poetry: Aristoteles

Italian and English Renaissance poetry

Classicism

Enlightenment: Diderot, Lessing, Schiller, Schlegel, Goethe

The first half of the 19th century: Hegel, The Romance

The second half of the 19th century: Kierkegaard, Hebbel, Wagner, Nietzsche, Freytag.

Realism and Naturalism: Zola

Recommended or required reading:

Aristoteles: Poetika

Alžbětinské divadlo I.díl

Corneille: Druhá rozprava o tragédii, Třetí rozprava o jednotách, Praha 1997

Diderot: O umění, Praha 1983

J.J.Rousseau: Dopis d'Alembertovi, Praha 2008

J.G.Noverre: Listy o tanci a baletech , Praha 1948

G.E.Lessing: Hamburská dramaturgie

G.W.F. Hegel v Myšlení o divadle I.díl,Praha 1993

V.Hugo: Předmluva ke Cromwellovi, Praha 2006

F.Nietzsche: Zrození tragédie in Myšlení o diovadle, I. díl, Praha 1993.

G.Freytag: Technika dramatu, Praha 1944

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture, class, moderated discussion

Assessment methods and criteria:

Activity in class and discussions. Minimum 80% attendance. Evaluation of the cours paper. Oral exam.

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Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

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 (M.A.) (compulsory subject)