Semiotics and Scenology of Behavior 1

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Subject guarantor:

Josef VALENTA

Name of lecturer(s):

Josef VALENTA

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Students:

Explanation of the concept „sign communication situation“.

Explanation of the essence of stage behaviour.

Identifying through watching and listening in one's own life and in the lives of other people (respectively, the figure of dramatic plays) non-specific staging elements.

Predicting work approaches with „non-specific stageability“ topics such as with the curriculum.

Mode of study:

Classes.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None.

Course contents:

This course covers behavioural semiotics applied to staging, that is, performativity with an accent on non-specific scene action in various life situations. On this background, indications in communicative and non-communicative behaviour is defined and interpreted.

Fundamental topics:

Theatre as the communication of a situation about a situation.

The semiotics of behaviour and communication.

The semiotics of theatre communication (Císař, Osolsobě, and others.).

General Staging, dramatism, performance studies, etc.

Stage behaviour on an axis of „non-specific/everyday - specific/stage“.

Theatre and dramatic metaphor as an expository paradigm of „the world“.

Performative concept of education.

Recommended or required reading:

BRAUN, Kazimierz. Druhá divadelní reforma? Přeložil Jiří VONDRÁČEK. Praha: Divadelní ústav; Praha: Městská knihovna; Praha: AMU; Brno: JAMU, 1993. 176 s. Přel. z: Druga reforma teatru? ISBN 80-7008-037-X.

CAILLOIS, Roger. Hry a lidé. Přeložila Nina VANGELI. Praha: Nakladatelství Studia Ypsilon, 1998. 216 s. Přel. z: Les Jeux et les Hommes. ISBN 80-902482-2-5.

CÍSAŘ, Jan. Člověk v situaci. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 2000. 142 s. Média. ISBN 80-85866-67-6.

FRAŇKOVÁ, Slávka; KLEIN, Zdeněk. Úvod do etologie člověka. Praha: HZ, 1997. 194 s. ISBN 80-86009-15-7.

GOFFMAN, Erving. Všichni hrajeme divadlo: sebeprezentace v každodenním životě. Praha: Studio Ypsilon, 1999. 248 s. ISBN 80-902482-4-1.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit

Participation in class, completed written resulting study of an extra-theatre drama performance situation.

Course web page:

Note:

None.

Schedule for winter semester 2017/2018:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2017/2018:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Drama in Education - part-time 2 years (M.A.) (required subject)