Introduction to Anthropology - Cultural Epochs (European Way of Thinking) 2

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Subject guarantor:

Name of lecturer(s):

Vladimír MIKEŠ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

1. Familiarisation with the basic concepts of cultural, philosophical and theatre anthropology.

2. Biological pre-requisites for culture.

3. Social anthropology and the person on the stage.

4. Analysis of theatre theories and practices, especially 20th Century.

5. Message systems.

Mode of study:

Lecture and text analyses

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

1. Knowledge of the main theatre plays from individual epochs.

2. Basic historical facts.

3. Reflections on your own relationship with the world.

Recommended optional programme components:

Reading

Course contents:

Curriculum:

1. From Classical times to the present.

2. From „the body in history“ to its presentation and interpretation in various works.

3. Systems of messages:

a) interaction (word, gesture, face, view, voice, writing)

b) association;

c) territory;

d) food;

e) bi-sexuality;

f) topicality;

g) entertainment;

h) defence.

4. Anthropological perspectives to theatre, future of ritual.

5. Concept of mimesis and catharsis.

Syllabus:

How each epoch understood itself and how we understand or don't understand it from our perspectiv. We also take account of the problem of non-European cultures (the Muslim problem) or their attraction for Europe (india, Japan - Brook,

Schechner, Barba etc.). Reflections on from what folk and ethnic theatre roots (featuring on the stage) it arises. The aim is to combine elements of the theory of drama and sociology with an anthropological view of the „technology of the body“. A vertical (historical)view is entwined with a horizontal view with systems of messages from everyday life and their transformations through the epochs.

Recommended or required reading:

1.Dějiny divadla jednotlivých epoch.

2.Ruth Benedictová, Kulturní vzorce

3.Robert F. Murphy, Úvod do kulturní a sociální antropologie

4.Marc Augé, Antropologie současných světů

5.Jan Patočka, Evropa a doba poevropská

6.J. Le Goff, Středověká imaginace

7.Wylie Sypher, Od renesance k baroku

8.Alžbětínské divadlo (Odeon)

9.Vladimír Mikeš, Divadlo španělského zlatého věku

10.Vladimír Mikeš, Divadlo francouzského baroka

11.Divadlo v člověku, člověk v divadle (Antropologický sborník JAMU 1997)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lectures and reviews.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Written review and exam.

Course web page:

Note:

An elective course for a limited number of AMU students.

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:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Arts Management (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Directing and Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design - Costumes and Masks (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Theory and criticism (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Theory and criticism (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Directing for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Directing and Dramaturgy for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (compulsory subject, optional subject)
• Stage Design for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Drama in Education - part-time 2 years (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Authorial Acting (B.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design in English (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design - Costumes and Masks in English (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Acting for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Acting for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Stage Design - Film and Television (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Authorial Acting - 3 years (M.A.) (optional subject)
• Drama in Education (M.A.) (optional subject)