Basics of Theatre Terminology 2
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
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| 207ZDP2 | ZK | 2 | 2T | Czech | summer |
Subject guarantor
Jan CÍSAŘ, Jaroslav ETLÍK, Jan VEDRAL
Name of lecturer(s)
Jan CÍSAŘ, Jaroslav ETLÍK, Jan VEDRAL
Learning outcomes of the course unit
- To introduce students from all studies to the most elementary knowledge of theatre theory through a presentation of traditional Czech theatre-theory terminology.
- To introduce concepts through a detailed semantic analysis of individual terms and if possible in the most broad and subtle contexts, synchronic and diachronic.
- To introduce the contemporary, relatively applicable, semantic meaning of a given concept, and what manner, today, it is possible to learn and identify certain aspects of theatre issues.
- To introduce historical concepts - where they came from, which „school“ or person introduced it into theory and what importance and functional changes during the entire history it has gone through.
Mode of study
Concept interpretation.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
No requirements.
Course contents
- Concept of theatre semiotics (Pierce types of signals (ikon, index, symbol) and symptomatic layers of theatre language).
- Concept of theatre language.
- Terminology of the Zich Aesthetics of the drama arts.
- Theatre theory concepts of Czech structuralism.
- Components of a theatre work.
- Components of theatre works.
- Theatre interpretation and non-interpretive theatre.
- Mis-en-scene.
- Directing, dramaturgy.
Recommended or required reading
Císař Jan: Pojmy v pohybu
Etlík Jaroslav: Termíny k dohodnutí
Mukařovský Jan: K současnému stavu československého divadelního pojmosloví
Pavis Patrice: Divadelní slovník
Pokorný Jaroslav: Složky divadelního výrazu
Základní pojmy divadla ( teatrologický slovník, ed. P. Pavlovský)
Zich Otakar: Estetika dramatického umění
Assessment methods and criteria
Grades and credit are awarded after completion of the lecture cycle based on the final written test and subsequent oral exam.
Further information
This course is an elective for all students of this school
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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| Wed | 10:30–12:00 | Jaroslav ETLÍK | Hallerův sál Karlova 26, Praha 1 |
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The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Acting for Dramatic Theatre (M.A.) (optional subject)
- Directing and Dramaturgy for Dramatic Theatre (B.A.) (required subject, optional subject)
- Authorial Acting - 2 years (M.A.) (required optional subject)
- Stage Design - Film and Television (M.A.) (required optional subject)
- Stage Design (B.A.) (required subject, optional subject)
- Acting for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (required subject)
- Directing and Dramaturgy for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (required subject, optional subject)
- Stage Design for Alternative and Puppet Theatre (B.A.) (required subject, optional subject)
- Drama in Education - full-time 3 years (B. A.) (required subject)
- Arts Management (B.A.) (required subject, optional subject)
- Theory and criticism (B.A.) (optional subject)