Metamorphosis of dramatic forms and genres 2

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Learning outcomes of the course unit

Ability to interpret a drama writing from a historical development perspective; knowledge of basic terminology.

Mode of study

Classes, lectures. Drama readings.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Ability to read a drama writing from a perspective of the inherent elements: behaviour and events, time and space, drama figures.

Course contents

Changes in drama from the perspective of development phases: antique tragedy, Spanish Baroque drama, classical tragedy, romantic drama (Schiller, Hugo, Musset); Chechov's drama reform, Ibsen's psychological drama, expressionistic drama, actualizing myth in French drama (Anouilh, Cocteau, Sartre), existential drama, pschologism, Tennesee Williams, Absurd drama? (Pirondello, Strindberg, O'Neille, Durrenmatt, etc.)

Explication of the concept of drama form of each epoch or specific features of original dramaturgy; analysis of drama writings - some aspects (stavba, language, characters?)

Recommended or required reading

E. Bentley: The Life of the Drama. New York 1965; Aristoteles: Poetika. Praha 1962; Prvky dramatu. Orbis 1964; divadlo a drama. Praha 1980; Zdeněk Hořínek: Drama, divadlo, divák. Tatran 1985; Miroslav Procházka: znaky dramatu. Melantrich 1987; Milan Lukeš: Umění dramatu. Melantrich 1987; Anglické absurdní divadlo. Orbis 1966; S. Szondi: Teorie moderního dramatu. Frankfurt 1967 (1. Vyd. 1965)

Reading of drama writings, visits to current stagings, viewing film adaptations

Assessment methods and criteria

Paper based on instruction; an attempt at independent analysis of a selected writing.

Note

This is an obligatory course for the second year of Bachelor's study at the Dept. of Screenwriting and Script Editing.

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No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Bachelor-1819 (required subject)