Dramaturgy of Post-dramatic Theatre
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| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 207PDD | ZK | 4 | 2T | Czech | winter and summer |
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students get a bearing in the issues of so called post-dramatic theatre. They are able to identify its particular features, define it in regards to theatre drama. They are able to distinguish creative originals from the conventional „alternative“ eclecticism. The are able to define the responsibility of the creative elements of a theatre piece, particularly, dramaturgy, directing and set design.
Mode of study
Attended, lectures combined with classes.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Detailed knowledge of the history of theatre in the context of Western culture. A requirement is the completion of „Theatre Terminology, History of Czech Theatre“ and „History of World Theatre I and II“.
Course contents
Students are acquainted with some aspects of the phenomenon marked as post-dramatic theatre through lectures devoted to partial issues of the composition and structure of important works placed in that theatre direction. These works are introduced to the students as independent study, screenings and analyses during lectures. The aim of the lecture series and analysis classes is to partially give students a bearing in the issues of „fashionable theatre of the post-modern“ which covers the contemporary theatre discourse and provides them, for reviewing pieces, the basic analytical tools allowing for a critical approach and permits the distinguishing of the artistically original from the conventional „alternative“ eclecticism. For students in creative studies, aside from inspiration, these lectures should benefit the awareness of a new definition and the responsibility of creative elements of a theatre piece, in particular, dramaturgy, directing and set design.
Recommended or required reading
Fundamental works:
August Stridberg: Hra snů
Eugene Ionesco: Král umírá
Roland Schimmelpfenig: Arabská noc
Sarah Kane: Psychoza 4.48
Tadeusz Kantor: Wielopole, wielopole.
Andrej Tarkovskij: Zrcadlo
Christoph Marthaler: Murx Europaener
Others:
Aristoteles: Poetika, překlad M. Mráz, Praha 2008
Zich, Otakar: Estetika dramatického umění, Praha 1968
Fischer-Lichte, Erika: Estetika performativity, Mníšek pod Brdy 2011
Petříček, Miroslav: Myšlení obrazem, Praha 2009
Lehmann, Hans Thies: Postdramatické divadlo, Bratislava 2007
Knopová, Elena: Svet kontroverznej drámy, Bratislava 2011
Lyotard, Jean Francois: O postmodernismu, Praha 1993
Prigogine, Ilja; Stengerssova, Isabella: Řád z chaosu, Praha 2001
Syřišťová, Eva: Puklý čas, Praha 2005
Assessment methods and criteria
85% attendance in instruction, completion of writing assignments. The exam contains a literary analysis in wider contexts and an analysis of examples of post-drama theatre with an emphasis on the function of individual theatre elements.
Note
If less than 3 students register for the course, it may be cancelled.
Further information
No schedule has been prepared for this course