Specifics of the Puppet Theatre 1

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Subject guarantor:

Karel MAKONJ

Name of lecturer(s):

Karel MAKONJ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

1. A better understanding of the particulars of puppet theatre and its diversity and flexibility.

2. A glimpse into the development of puppet theatre in comparison to various arts fields, movements and contemporary developmental tendencies.

3. Good bearing of the student in existing puppet dramas and drama devoted to puppets. Contemporary production potential of those plays.

4. Efforts to broaden student interest in the potential of puppet theatre in figurative and non-figurative theatre.

5. Inspiration for studying acting issues.

Mode of study:

Lectures, essay and text analyses, creative exercises, classes

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

General knowledge of Czech and world drama, analysis and review skills, sense for drama, creativity, sense of movement in a space.

Recommended optional programme components:

Attendance at recommended theatre productions, exhibitions, projects and specialized festivals.

Course contents:

1. A historical excursion to types of puppet theatres of the past, epic narrative theatre, split interpretation, illusion and reproduction theatre.

2. Technological potential and particulars of individual types of puppets.

3. The puppet as an object of ritual and aesthetics

4. Man among objets

5. Relation of the actor to the object

6. The Romance, symbolism and puppet theatre

7. Theatre avant garde and puppet theatre

8. Bauhaus and puppet theatre

9. Puppet drama and plays dedicated to puppets

10. The grotesque and puppet theatre

11. The contemporary development trends in puppet theatre.

Recommended or required reading:

Bachtin, M.M.: Francois Rabelais a lidová kultura středověku a renesance. Praha: Argo, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7203-776-6.

Deák, František: Symbolistické divadlo. Bratislava: Tália-Press, 1996. ISBN 80-85718-25-1.

Jurkowski, Henryk: Metamorfózy bábkového divadla v 20. storočí. Bratislava: Divadelný ústav 2004. ISBN 80-88987-51-2.

Magnin, Charles: Dějiny loutkového divadla v Evropě 1,2. Praha: AMU 2010.

Craig, Edward Gordon: O divadelním umění. Praha 2009.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lectures, classes, exercises.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit is awarded based on:

- class/exercise activity

- completion of the semester paper

Credit - a semester paper. Overall assessment is comprised of 50% for class participation and creative exercises, 50% for completion of the semester paper.

Course web page:

Note:

Registration possible only for students in Directing-Dramaturgy, Set-design and Theory and Criticism studies.

Instruction schedule see: www DAMU / katedra ALD / Rozvrhy hodin

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2014/2015:

	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
Wed
Thu	místnost R210 Učebna (Karlova 26, Praha 1) MAKONJ K. 09:30–11:00 (přednášková par. 1)
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Thu	09:30–11:00	MAKONJ K.	Učebna Karlova 26, Praha 1		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Directing and Dramaturgy for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (compulsory subject)
• Režie a dramaturgie alternativního divadla (Bc.) programu Divadelní tvorba v netradičních prostorech (compulsory subject)