Theory and Practice of Stage Language 2

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Subject guarantor

Jaroslav VOSTRÝ

Name of lecturer(s)

Milan ŠOTEK, Jaroslav VOSTRÝ

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Poetics.here, is developed not only for mastering the relevant knowledge but particularly, from a perspective of developing feeling for the word and one's native language in the tradition of instruction whose representative at DAMU was Doc. Jiřina Hůrková. In this tradition are (differing from philological or literary studies concepts) for example, in instruction of versology, its specific elements developed to a level in which the relations of meter and rhythm are studied in relation to general issues of stage rhythm. The word is derived from body gesture (from gestus) or becomes a gesture and the realtionship of the semantic and prosodic levels of verbal expresssion make a inseparable part of the study of the relationship of the rational, emotional, discursive and imaginative, external and internal, communicative and artistic, subjective and aesthetic aspects of stage phenomena.

Mode of study

Proseminar, lectures, classes.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Class participation, completion of paper.

Course contents

This course is intended for 2nd year acting study students provides a deeper glimpse into the issues of words on stage at the level where acting theory and practice interact with general poetics, semantics with prosody and verbal interaction with general prinicples of words and verbal expression.

Instruction in the Summer semester includes this range of issues/concepts:

1. Meaning and expression: relation of semantic and prosodic aspects of verse and prosaic verbal phenomena; verbal communication and „music of words“.
2. Veltrusky's hypothesis of the dominance of intonation, expiration and timbre.
3. Dialog and monolog, individual expression and mutual communication; type of dialog according to Mukařovsky and the development of dialog in drama "from Shakespeare's to Czechov's
4. Word/Spoken stylization and genre style intentions; standard and non-standard expression; dialectism, archaisms, vulgarisms.

10 Verbal jokes and their application in a pub, a cabaret and in drama.

Recommended or required reading

See readings related to the topic range 3-7 for the program exam in drama theatre history and theory and 6-11 in the program exam in drama acting.

Assessment methods and criteria

Grading based on the submitted course paper on a selected topic.

Note

Considering the general neglect of care of language culture in society and particularly the cultivation of feeling for language at the high school level - along with a cultivation of voice and speaking - in the 2nd year of drama acting study it is necessary to draw the attention of the students to the subtle characteristics of drama expression which may not be mastered without a basic knowledge of poetry.

Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:

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Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:

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The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Acting for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (required subject)