Theatre in the Context of the Western Cultural Development I. 1

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Subject guarantor:

Daniela JOBERTOVÁ, Eva KYSELOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Zuzana AUGUSTOVÁ, Daniela JOBERTOVÁ, Eva KYSELOVÁ, Martina SCHLEGELOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

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:

Presentation, screening relevant audio-visual excerpts.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No requirements.

Course contents:

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:

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:

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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Further information:

This course is an elective for all students of this school

Schedule for winter semester 2017/2018:

	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	room S201 Hallerův sál (Karlova 26, Praha 1) KYSELOVÁ E. 09:00–10:30 (přednášková par. 1)
Thu
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Wed	09:00–10:30	Eva KYSELOVÁ	Hallerův sál Karlova 26, Praha 1		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2017/2018:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Dance Theory (Bc) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Non-Verbal Theatre (Bc) (required subject with the possibility of repeat registration)
• Authorial Acting (B.A.) (required subject, optional subject)
• Acting for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (required subject)
• Directing and Dramaturgy for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (required subject, optional subject)
• Stage Design for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (required subject, optional subject)
• Drama in Education - full-time 3 years (B. A.) (required subject)
• Arts Management (B.A.) (required subject, optional subject)
• Theory and criticism (B.A.) (required subject, optional subject)