Authorship-Dramatization Seminar 1
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205QADS1 | Z | 2 | 10S | Czech | winter |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Anna HRNEČKOVÁ, Kateřina SCHWARZOVÁ
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Be able to select appropriate prosaic texts with good drama potential and based on this, create a script which will respect the fundamental literary quality of the original text as well as support its theatrical and dramatic quality. To know how to manage the group for which the script was intended (age, composition, experience, interest) as well as from one's personal abilities which reflect in the manner selection for transformation of the foundation moving toward the author's share in the final script.
Mode of study
Readings, moderated discussions, discussions, literary basis analyses and other texts, creative writing.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Orientation in theory literature issues and in the fundamentals of dramaturgy. Ability to discern the dramatic quality of a text and work with it with an idea of possible staging. Active interest in theatre production and the dramaturgy of children and youth ensembles and in some cases one's own experience in their leadership.
Course contents
Outline:
- Types of dramatizations.
- Transformation operations.
- Stage transcript.
- Dramatization.
- Independent work of the students on the script.
Syllabus:
- Types of dramatizations: analysis of selected orginal texts and various manners of dramatization (script reading, video); basic dramatization classifications.
- Transformation operations: selection, substitution, amplification, condensing, recomposition, language operations; epic and drama principles; illusory and non-illusory concepts.
- Stage transcript: Collaborative work on a short prosaic text (analysis, proposal of several dramaturgic-directorial concepts, text adaptations).
- Dramatization: Collaborative work on a more extensive prosaic text (analysis, proposal of several dramaturgic-directorial concepts, selection of appropriate transformation operations, setting dialog for situations, creating the script).
- Independent student work on a script: selection of a model with consideration of a particular group, analysis, drama-directorial concept, type of dramatization, transformation operations, script creation, collaborative consultations of individual phases of the work.
Recommended or required reading
KONÝVKOVÁ, Irena. Kroky a hledání při práci s dětským divadelním souborem. Tvořivá dramatika. 1998, roč. IX, č. 2-3, s. 18-23. ISSN 1211-8001.
MATHAUSOVÁ, Milena. 12 pádů scenáristiky: scenáristický slabikář. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1996. 162 s. ISBN 80-7187-071-4.
NOVOTNÝ, David Jan. Chcete psát scénář? Díl 1: Základy dramaturgie. Praha: FAMU, 1995. 96 s. ISBN 80-85883-06-6.
PALARČÍKOVÁ, Alena. Tygr v oku aneb O tvorbě inscenace s dětmi a mládeží. Praha: STD; Společnost Amatérské divadlo a svět, 2001. 144 s. ISBN 80-901660-5-9.
PANOVOVÁ, Olga. Cesty detskej literatúry na javisko. Bratislava: Mladé letá, 1989. 136 s. ISBN 80-06-00149-9.
RICHTER, Luděk. Literatura, divadlo a my: převod literárního díla do loutkového divadla. Praha: ÚKVČ; Hradec Králové: KKS Hradec Králové, 1985. 136 s.
---. Od pohádky... ...k pohádce: (Od literatury k divadlu). Praha: Praha: Společenství pro pěstování divadla pro děti a mládež Dobré divadlo dětem, 2005. 96 s. ISBN 80-902975-4-4.
---. Pohádka... a divadlo. Praha: Společenství pro pěstování divadla pro děti a mládež Dobré divadlo dětem, 2004. 96 s. ISBN 80-902975-2-8.
SLAVÍK, Mirek. Cesta k divadelnímu tvaru s dětským souborem. Praha: IPOS-ARTAMA, 1996. 52 s. ISBN 80-7068-094-6.
WATTS, Nigel. Umění psát, Přel. Rostislav Matulík. Praha: Grada Publishing, 1998. 220 s. Přel. z: Writing a novel and getting published [1996]. ISBN 80-7169-570-X.
Assessment methods and criteria
Credit is awarded based on: class participation.
During the semester independent readings and participation in class discussions are required, particularly taking part in the consultation of colleagues' work.
Condtions for successfull completion of the course: class participation, development of one's own dramatization.
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
- Drama in Education - part-time 2 years (M.A.) (required subject)