Central European Theatre 1

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Subject guarantor:

Name of lecturer(s):

Zuzana AUGUSTOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

1. Acquaint students with the events and forms of Central European theatre, which are in their development linked to a number of mutual contexts.

2. The given course will gradually map out the development of theatre in individual Central European countries and mutual inter-cultural and international influences from the Modern, that is from the turn of the 20th century to the present.

3. Various semesters will focus on various areas and forms of Central European theatre and drama and the forms and development of some language and state proveniences compared.

4. Students acquire in lectures an awareness of the history of theatre in Centeral Europe, its historical, cultural and societal contexts and the mutual super-national relationships.

5. In classes, students learn to define and review issues and topics regarding individual Central European countries and their theatre culture and mutual inter-cutural relations in Central European areas.

Mode of study:

Reading of theatre writings and secondary writings. Discussion, contact instruction - comparison and commentary. Comparison of the form of the Modern, theatre and drama culture in Austria, the Czech lands and in Poland at the turn of the 20th century.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

1. General knowledge of the history of Czech and world theatre.

2. General knowledge of Czech and world drama pieces.

3. Critique and discussion skills.

Course contents:

History and forms of Central European theatre are in their development linked to a number of mutual relations. The given course will gradually map out the development of theatre in individual Central European countries and mutual inter-cultural and international influences from the Modern, that is the turn of the 20th century.

Summer semester 2016

German, Czech, Polish and Hungarian modern, similarities and differences, mutual relations and contacts:

- naturalism in Germany (Otto Brahm - Berlin Free Stage and The Deutsches Theatre, Gerhard Hauptmann)

- German and Czech Secessionism

- Max Reinhardt's theatre reform

- Bauhaus and Walter Groppius, Lothar Schreyer, Augus Stramm, Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer

- expressionism in Germany, predecessors (F. Wedeking, O. Kokoschka, G. Strindberg), drama, writers, directing, staging, actor (H. Walden - magazines and theatre Sturm; G. Kaiser, E. Toller, P. Korfeld, Hasenclever, F. Werfel, F. Kafka; Leopold Jessner, Otto Falckenberg, Berthold Viertel, Karl-Heinz Martin, partially M. Reinhardt and E. Piscator; Edvard Munch, Karl Walser, Robert Neppach, Oskar Kokoschka; Alexander Moissi, Agness Sorma, Fritz Kortner)

- expressionism in Czech Theatre and drama: F. Zavřel, F. Kysela - Dykovo Zmoudření Dona Quijota; K. H. Hilar - Directing mass theatre, Divadlo na Vinohradech, Národní divadlo, V. Hofman; Karel and Josef Čapek, Jan Bartoš, V. Dyk; Actors V. Vydra, J. Kronbauerová, R. Tuma, B. Zakopal

- Mickiewicz-Leon Schiller-Wyspiański, Reduta

- Young Poland, S. I. Witkiewicz, playwright, painter, photographer, member of the Polish modern and European Avant-garde, found of Formistic theatre.

- Sándor Hevési and the Hungarian modern

Recommended or required reading:

German modern:

Braulich, Heinrich. Max Reinhardt, divadlo mezi snem a skutečností, Praha: Orbis, 1969.

Fialová-Fürstová, Ingeborg. Expresionismus, Olomouc: Votobia, 2000.

Bahr, Erhard. Dějiny německé literatury 3 -v vybrané kapitoly

Plays:

Brecht, Bertolt. Baal

Hasenclever, Walter. Syn

Kokoschka, Oskar. Orfeus a Eurydiké, Praha: Transteatral

WEDEKIND, Frank. Lulu (Erdgeist), scenická úprava O. Fischera a F. Zavřela. Bursík a

Kohout, Praha 1914

Wedekind, Frank. Probuzení jara, Praha: Artur, 2011.

Werfel, Franz. Kozlí zpěv

Czech modern - recommended:

Urban, Otto, M.-Merhaut, Luboš (eds.): Moderní revue 1894-1925, Praha: Torst, 1995

Čornej, Petr a kol.: Česká literatura na předělu století, Praha: H + H, 2001.

Dějiny českého divadla III a IV, Academia, Praha 1977, 1983, vybrané kapitoly.

Plays:

Dyk. Viktor: Epizoda; Posel, Zmoudření Dona Quijota; Veliký mág; Revoluční trilogie

Hilbert, Jaroslav: Vina; Psanci

Karásek ze Lvovic, Jiří: Počátky Moderní revue. Rozpravy Aventina. 1931-1932, roč. 7. Dostupné online

Miholová, Kateřina: Zmoudření dona Quijota, CD-Rom

Plays:

Bartoš, Jan. Krkavci

Čapek, Karel. Loupežník

RUR

Čapkové, K. a J. Lásky hra osudná

Ze života hmyzu

Adam Stvořitel

Dyk. Viktor. Epizoda; Posel, Zmoudření Dona Quijota; Veliký mág; Revoluční trilogie

Hilbert, Jaroslav: Vina

Karásek ze Lvovic, Jiří. Sen o říši krásy

Polish modern:

J. Hyvnar. Witkiewiczova čistá forma v divadle

Jiřík, Jan: Divadelní studio Reduta jako příklad modernistické utopie. Disertační práce, UK FF KDV Praha 2013

Pelikán, Jarmil: Nástin dějin polské dramatiky, Brno 1978

Pelikán, Jarmil: Nástin dějin polského divadla, Brno 1988

Plays:

Gombrowicz, Witold: Matka

Opereta, DILIA 1979

Yvona, princezna burgundánská, Divadlo 1969, č. 4

Svatba, DILIA 1981

Witkiewicz, Stanislaw Ignacy: Hry/ II., Votobia 2002

Hry, Odeon 1990

Vodní slípka, DILIA 1968

Hungarian Modern:

Füst, Milán: Nešťastníci

Elective: Kun, Eva. Die Theaterarbeit von Sándor Hevési. Ungarns Beitrag zur Reform des europäischen Theaters im 20. Jahrhundert, München, 1978.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Students who complete the course with 1 credit is credit based on:

Participation in class studies

Working with required literature and critical reading skills and expression in discussion, analyses and comparisons in class.

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Note:

If less than 3 students register for the course, it may be cancelled.

Further information:

This course is an elective for all students of this school

Schedule for winter semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2015/2016:

	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
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Thu	místnost S412 Učebna (Karlova 26, Praha 1) AUGUSTOVÁ Z. 12:30–14:00 (přednášková par. 1)
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Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Thu	12:30–14:00	Zuzana AUGUSTOVÁ	Učebna Karlova 26, Praha 1		přednášková par. 1

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