History of Stage Design 2
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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| 203DS2 | ZK | 1 | 2T | Czech | summer |
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
To introduce students to the history of set-design on the Czech lands, their most important stages and relations to European set-design. To acquaint students to the methods used in the creation of setting space and clarify their principles.
Mode of study
Lectures on the work of the most important world and Czech set-designers. Sources of inspiration and relationships to European set-design.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
203DS1 lectures.
Course contents
Lectures and classes with presentations of the most important set design work of the Czech theatre avant garde of the 1920s and 30s. A course paper on a chosen topic in the history of avant garde set design. Searching for sources of inspiration and contexts of set design.
- Vlastislav Hofman and the beginnings of Czech theatre expressionism.
- Josef Čapek.
- František Troester.
- Theatregraf, D 34, E.F. Burian, Laterna Magika - stage and film.
- Alexandr Vladimír Hrska and Antonín Heythum.
- František Zelenka - prewar activity and Terezín.
- Bedřich Feuerstein - pursim or surrealism.
- František Muzika - poetic surrealism.
- Karel Svolinský, Jiří Trnka, František Tichý as set designers.
- Josef Svoboda and new stage technology.
Recommended or required reading
-Ptáčková V.: Česká scénografie XX. století,, Praha 1982
-Černý J. a kolektiv: Dějiny českého divadla, díl III, díl IV., Praha 1983
-Obst M., Scherl A.: K dějinám české divadelní avantgardy, Praha 1962
-Píša A. M. Divadelní avantgarda, Praha 1978
-Monografie jednotlivých scénografů
Assessment methods and criteria
75% attendance at lectures and classes, independent creation of the course paper and its presentation (approx. 10 pages of text), final test or oral exam.
Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:
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| Date | Day | Time | Tutor | Location | Notes | No. of paralel |
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| Fri | 08:30–10:00 | Vlasta KOUBSKÁ | Hallerův sál Karlova 26, Praha 1 |
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The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
- Directing and Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (B.A.) (optional subject)
- Directing for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
- Stage Design (B.A.) (required subject)