Basics of Theatre Research 1
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201ZTY1 | Z | 1 | 2T | Czech | winter |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Activation of students, stimulation of the need to analyze and reflect on the more general problems of artistic creation. Deepening the approach to study of history and theory of the field, for which it is important to use as a basis original source documentary materials of the most diverse kind. In 4 semesters it involves individual steps of gathering, continual developing and finding documentary material that can be combined and supplemented.
Mode of study
Discussion, research, development and analysis of source material.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
No requirements.
Course contents
A course linking students to research tasks in partial directingn dramaturgy, acting and related issues.
In the course the students are devoted to research whose area defines the project „Research in set-design in the media era“ and „Stage and Drama“, with particular consideration of drama arts in relationship to stage-design „in life“, with the development of theatre in the era of general staging.
Also, for example, a study of the form of modern acting in relation to the development of modern directing provoking the situation in fundamental and theory issues regarding the changes in the establishment of those phenomena in the structure of theatre and film works; generally the relationship of change in artistic expression and period climate including changes in audience requirements of the image and development of media; changes in theatre education and its influence on the position of acting and directing.
Curriculum:
- Gathering representative image and sound material coming from a study of screenings and listenings (including from NFA, ČR and ČT).
- Completing selected bibliography.
- Acquiring additional material including personal memories, written statements in inteviews, contributions from meetings with actors, the director and other artists of the corresponding generation and graduates from theatre schools, etc.
- Completing topicalized comments for the gathered image and sound material, using remaining documentation and recordings together with selected examples on CD ROM.
Recommended or required reading
Continually acquired and developed written, visual and audio documentation including audio and video recordings of works of art and period reviews by experts (criticism, studies), as well as reminiscences of contemporaries including interviews and surveys.
Assessment methods and criteria
Term paper with research, analysis or reflection on a specific problem.
Further information
This course is an elective for all students of this school
Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
- Directing for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)