Playing with Object and Puppet 2

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Subject guarantor

Radek MARUŠÁK

Name of lecturer(s)

Radek MARUŠÁK

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The goal of the course is to develop the sensitivity of the students to sense the metaphoric and metonymical use of an object for a drama training instructor (the characteristics of the subject, transfer of significance, putting the finishing touches on a subject for theatre use, etc.). Items such as substitute props, animated props, props such as a simple puppet.... Preparation of one's own etude, a „mini-staging“ with a prop. The work with the puppet will be focused upon acquiring basic skills and habits of puppetry theory and practice.

Mode of study

Improvisation, discussion, media recording analyses, contact instruction, group instruction.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Knowledge of music and creative arts education at the middle-school level. Fundamental aesthetic and theatrical sense. Desire to experiment and „play“.

Course contents

1. Introduction to issues, some fundamental concepts and relationships:

• puppets,
• puppet theatre,
• props in a puppet theatre.

1. Props as original material:

• significance and insignificance of a prop,
• searching for appropriate common and specific props.

1. Characteristics of props and their use in drama training:

• characteristics of the material from which the prop is made and the prop itself,
• the theatrical use of the prop characteristics in the original and shifted meaning.

1. Shifting meaning based on metaphor and metonymics:

• development of imagination in searching for metaphor and metonymics,
• „lexicalizing“ and special metaphors,
• differences of metaphor and metonymics by linguistic and non-linguistic means.

1. Putting the final touches on a prop for theatre use:

• development of the aesthetic sensitivity of the student,
• basic technology, set-design, costume design in animating a prop,
• development of manual dexterity in working with different types of materials.

1. Animating a prop:

• a prop as a puppet, manners of animating by puppetry techniques,
• creation of an etude,
• „brainstorming“ for maximal breadth of use of a prop.

1. Creating a mini-staging:

• the role of pace in working with a prop (phases, relationships and dramatic situations),
• the sound design (voice means, sound effects, instrumentation).

1. Fundamental overview of the types of puppets and working with them:

• introduction to individual types of puppets,
• basic practical manipulation of them.

Recommended or required reading

BUDÍNSKÁ, Hana. Hry pro šest smyslů: Kartotéka pro loutkáře i neloutkáře, kteří si umějí hrát s dětmi. 7., uprav. vyd. Praha: NIPOS-ARTAMA, 2008 [1984]. 28, 16, 218 s. ISBN 978-80-7068-217-3.

DVOŘÁK, Jan V. Herectví s loutkou. Praha: IPOS, 1997. 88 s. 80-7068-069-5.

---. Zkuste to s námi. Ostrava: KKS, 1979. 32 s.

JURKOWSKI, Henryk. Magie loutky. Skici z teorie loutkového divadla. Přel. Jana Pilátová, Praha: Nakladatelství Studia Ypsilon, 1997. 288 s. Přel. z: Szkice z teorii teatru lalek. ISBN 80-902482-0-9.

MAŠATOVÁ, Milada. Cesty k metafoře: Náměty a úvahy o možnostech rozvíjení metaforického myšlení a sdělování v tvořivé dramatice. Praha: AMU, Divadelní fakulta, katedra výchovné dramatiky, 1996. 54 s. ISBN 80-85883-13-9.

---. Dramatika s loutkou: Metodický materiál literárně dramatického oboru ZUŠ pro potřeby členů STD a zájemců o tvořivou dramatiku. Olomouc: STD, regionální sekce při OKS Olomouc, 1991. 28 s. ISBN 80-85077-36-1.

---. O loutkovém divadle hraném dětmi. Tvořivá dramatika. 2000, roč. XI, č. 2, s. 1-4. ISSN 1211-8001.

OBRAZCOV, Sergej Vladimirovič. Herec s loutkou. Přel. Jan Malík. Praha: Československý Kompas, 1947. 160 s. Příručky Umělecké loutkové scény, sv. 1. Přel. z: ????? ? ?????? [1938].

RICHTER, Luděk. Od předmětu k loutce, od loutky k předmětu: O vzniku a možnostech výpovědi loutky a loutkou. Praha: IPOS-ARTAMA; Praha: Společenství pro pěstování divadla pro děti a mládež Dobré divadlo dětem, 1997. 56 s. ISBN 80-7068-097-0.

SOKOL, František (ed.). Svět loutkového divadla. Praha: Albatros, 1987. 360 s.

Assessment methods and criteria

Credit is awarded based on participation in exercises and in class and in working on small puppet productions.

Condition for successfull completion of the course: presentation of a small puppet production.

Note

This course may be completed in the 2nd or 3rd year.

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 - full-time 3 years (B. A.) (required subject)