Theatre in the Context of the Western Cultural Development I. 1
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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207DZA1 | ZK | 3 | 2/T | Czech | winter |
- Subject guarantor:
- Daniela JOBERTOVÁ, Eva KYSELOVÁ
- Name of lecturer(s):
- Zuzana AUGUSTOVÁ, Daniela JOBERTOVÁ, Eva KYSELOVÁ, Martina SCHLEGELOVÁ
- Learning outcomes of the course unit:
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To teach students the principles that determined the form of theatre in various historical periods and to give them the societal and artistic context, standing and function of theatre in those periods.
- Mode of study:
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Presentation, screening relevant audio-visual excerpts.
- Prerequisites and co-requisites:
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No requirements.
- Course contents:
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Theatre in the context of the development of Western culture 1 is intended for all first year students in all DAMU studies. The content of the lectures is to introduce the basic features of the developmental phases of European theatre from antiquity to Classicism. Experts in each phase give lectures.
- Recommended or required reading:
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Dějiny divadla v kontextu západní kultury I - ZS
Basic literature
Brockett, Dějiny divadla (příslušné kapitoly)
Stehlíková, Řecké divadlo klasické doby
Stehlíková, Římské divadlo klasické doby
Stehlíková, A co když je to divadlo?
Bohadlová, Flaminio Scala a jeho Il teatro Delle Favole Rappresentative v zrcadle doby
Vostrý, O hercích a herectví (kapitola Maska a tvář)
Mikeš, Divadlo španělského zlatého věku (2.vydání)
Černý, Středověké drama
Dunton-Downer, Shakespeare a jeho svět
Bžochová-Wild, Úvod do shakespearovského divadla
Digrin, Divadlo učenců a diplomatů
Bejblík, Shakespearův svět
Plays:
Aischylos Oresteia
Sofokles Oidipus vladař
Euripides Medeia
Aristofanes Žáby
Plautus Mostellaria, aneb, Komedie o strašidlech
Seneca Faidra
Mastičkář (in Hrabák, Staročeské drama)
anonym Everyman
de la Chesnay, Odsouzení hostiny
Adam de la Halle Hra v loubí
Machiavelli Mandragora
Lope de Vega Zahradníkův pes, Fuente ovejuna
Calderón Život je sen
Shakespeare Romeo a Julie, Sen noci svatojánské, Richard III., Hamlet, Othello, Král Lear, Bouře
Advanced literature:
Gombrich, Příběh umění (příslušné kapitoly)
Stehlíková, Divadlo za časů Nerona a Seneky
Kratochvíl, Komedie dell´arte
Vostrý, Režie je umění
Fischer-Lichte, Dejiny drámy (příslušné kapitoly)
Carlson, Dejiny divadelných teórií (příslušné kapitoly)
Bachtin, François Rabelais a lidová kultura středověku a renesance
Hilský, Shakespeare a jeviště svět
Jurkowski, Proměny ikonosféry (příslušné kapitoly)
Alžbětinské divadlo I-III
Dějiny Evropy, Praha 1995
Davies, Evropa / Dějiny jednoho kontitnentu, (zejm. Úvod)
Christopher Dawson, Zrození Evropy, viz též Krize západní vzdělanosti a zejm. Porozumět Evropě, zvl. kap. 2 „Evropa a sedm stadií západní kultury“, str. 36-54
Dante Božská komedie (Mikešův výbor)
Boccaccio Dekameron
- Assessment methods and criteria:
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Theatre in the Context of Western Culture I - Winter semester 2015
(Exam Questions)
1. Greek theatre (origin of theatre, organization and function of theatre festivals, staging conventions, theatre space).
2. Greek Tragedy (characteristics, playwrights and pieces).
3. Greek Comedy (characteristics, playwrights and pieces).
4. Roman theatre (origin of theatre, theatre during the Republic and Empire, staging conventions, theatre space).
5. Roman theatre (genres - mime, pantomime, atellana, tragedy-comedy - playwrights and pieces).
6. Theatre in the Middle Ages (origin and sources of theatre, liturgical and sacred theatre, genres, playwrights and pieces).
7. Commedia dell' arte and Italian Renaissance (Concept of the Renaissance and characteristics of the period, comedia erudita - playwrights and pieces, CD'A - characteristics, staging conventions, types).
8. Elizabethan theatre (origin and sources, staging conventions, theatre space, public and private theatre, genres, playwrights and pieces - predecessors, contemporaries and followers of W. Shakespeare).
9. Shakespeare and his drama works (influences and sources, genre divisions (historical plays, tragedies, comedies, romances).
10. Spanish Renaissance comedy nad Spanish theatre of the golden age (sources and influences, organization of theatre life and staging conventions, playwrights and pieces).
Grades and credit award conditional upon completion of the exam over the period discussed. The exam is written and (the compensatory oral) and verifies the material mastered at the level presented. Also, a knowledge of the prescribed required literature (trade publications and dramas) and a good bearing in wider social contexts (i.e. in the context of Western culture).
The Dept. of Theory and Critique announces a list of three regular and two make-up dates.
The exam is over the lecture and list of readings and will be only an oral exam.
The student is required to register for one of the three listed regular exam dates.
The second make-up exam date is in the presence of two instructors.
Students who are registered who do not sit and have no excuse are given a grade of „X“.
Students who do not register for any of the regular date are automatically given a grade of „X“.
If as student does not pass in regular or make-up dates, they may request a Dean's date which is a commission exam.
If the registered student does attend the exam (only for extenuating circumstances), they are to at least one day prior to the exam to apologize to the examiner"
martina.schlegelova@damu.cz, zuzana.augustova@damu.cz, eva.kyselfova@damu.cz
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- Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:
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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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Karlova 26, Praha 1přednášková par. 201 - Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:
- The schedule has not yet been prepared
- The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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- Non-Verbal Theatre (Bc) ()
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- Stage Design (B.A.) (compulsory subject, optional subject)
- Acting for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (compulsory subject)
- Directing and Dramaturgy for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (compulsory subject, optional subject)
- Stage Design for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (compulsory subject, optional subject)
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- Arts Management (B.A.) (compulsory subject, optional subject)
- Theory and criticism (B.A.) (compulsory subject, optional subject)