Poetics of Drama between the WW1 and WW2

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Subject guarantor:

Name of lecturer(s):

Pavel JANOUŠEK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The student is to acquire a basic idea of the fundamentals of Czech drama works of the covered periods, the position of drama among other literary and theatrical texts, as well as the changes which this type of artistic endeavor has gone through in the first half of the 20th century and parallel trends which „started“ them.

Mode of study:

Seminar.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None.

Course contents:

This course is dedicated to Czech drama of the given period as well as the common issues of the theory and historical poetics of drama as a literary type. Students are to receive basic information about the particulars of drama types and the historical changes in individual concepts, the relation of drama to theatre, division into genres, the position of the original subject in a drama, etc. The main emphasis will be placed on analysis and interpretation of individual theatre plays.

Fundamental course topics:

1) Drama as a type of literature and theatre writing.

2) Relation of theatre and literature.

3) Internal subject in drama.

4) Fundamental literature dedicated to drama theory and poetics.

5) Changes in poetics in Czech drama - interpretation of individual drama works.

Recommended or required reading:

Povinná literatura:

Freytag, Gustav: Technika dramatu, Praha, Ústav pro učebné pomůcky průmyslových a od-borných škol 1944

Janoušek, Pavel: Rozměry dramatu, Praha, Panorama 1989

Janoušek, Pavel: Studie o dramatu, Praha, H&H 1993

Szondi, Peter:Teória modernej drámy, Bratislava 1969

Veltruský, Jiří: Drama jako básnické dílo, Brno, Host 1999

Zich, Otakar: Estetika dramatického umění, Praha, Melantrich 1931, Panorama 1987

Další doporučená literatura:

Aristoteles: Poetika, např. Praha, Svoboda 1996

Hořínek, Zdeněk: Kniha o komedii, Praha, Scéna, 1992

Hořínek, Zdeněk: Cesty moderního dramatu, Praha, Nakladatelství Studia Ypsilon 1995

kol.: Dějiny českého divadla IV, Praha, Academia 1983

Procházka, Miroslav: Znaky dramatu a divadla, Praha, Panorama 1988

Assessment methods and criteria:

Participation (max. 20% absence), completion of assignments, presented quality of the paper on the established topic submitted as well as in written form.

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Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:

	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	místnost K225 Pracovna pedagogů (Karlova 26, Praha 1) JANOUŠEK P. 13:00–14:30 (přednášková par. 1)
Thu
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Wed	13:00–14:30	Pavel JANOUŠEK	Pracovna pedagogů Karlova 26, Praha 1		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans: