Seminar of Criticism 5

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Name of lecturer(s)

Radmila HRDINOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Practical introduction to critical analysis, critical understanding of a text within a production form, monitoring the text-production relationship and transformations of the text within the staged form.

Mode of study

Discussion, text analysis, analysis of recorded theatre performances or films, attendance at theatre performances.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Continual short writing assignments - a final term paper (critical analysis of a text) with emphasis on transformations of the text.

Course contents

The world of contemporary drama and its developmental tendencies. The form of the contemporary theatrical text. Tools of text analysis (Pavis, Eco, Vinaver). Critical approach to a production, critical approach to a text. Relationship between reading and producing a dramatic text.

Recommended or required reading

J. Císař: Text a scénování - Na okrak pěti inscenací Divadla na Zábradlí

U. Eco: Lector in fabula

P. Christov: Michel Vinaver jako divadelní teoretik

P. Pavis: Divadelní slovník

P. Ricoeur: Struktura a hermeneutika

A. Ubersfeld: Lire le theatre

Assessment methods and criteria

Credit and the exam are awarded primarily based on participation thorughout the entire course. Another necessary condition for credit is completion of a paper (defended in a discussion), or completion of a test evaluating the students view and bearing in contemporary theatre events and writing ability (including a Czech spelling and grammar test).

Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:

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Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Theory and criticism (B.A.) (required subject)