Course: Theory of Theatre

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Course title Theory of Theatre
Course code KFI/TDEN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ševčík Miloš, Doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. What are theatre studies? Contemporary definitions of the field. 2. Post-dramatic theatre and plays Performance studies Theatre, staging and performance 3. New realism in contemporary theatre and theatre studies, a return to a traditional form of theatre 4. Changing paradigms in Czech theatre studies in the 1990s. Theatre as suffering. Theatre as a play of players. Theatre in the context of contemporary philosophy and thinking. 5. Theatre and anthropology. Symbol, myth, archetype (contemporary views of these issues) 6. The sociology of theatre. 7. Theatre as a game. 8. Semiotic interpretations of theatre in a contemporary context.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Students' self-study, Lecture with visual aids
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 52 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe the basic stages of the development of European art
to explain the use of basic concepts of general art theory
Skills
to analyze and interpret professional text in Czech and English
to elaborate knowledge from a professional text into a comprehensive presentation
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to describe the basic features of modern theater theory concepts
to explain the different approaches to exploring and understanding the various aspects of theater art and theater text
to introduce the basics of theatrology as a field of art (beginnings, history and changes in recent decades in connection with the so-called performative turn and post-dramatic theater)
Skills
discuss different approaches, theories and aspects of theater
to recognize different ways of theoretical thinking about theater, play, performance, performance and signing of the theater, but also about the myth and anthropological aspects of theater or theatrical manifestations of society as they appear in European and American art and cultural discourse from the second half of the 20th century
to eflect contemporary theater practice and contemporary theatrical texts against the backdrop of the latest trends in theater theory, as they have emerged since the 1990s, especially when it comes to the theory of post-drama theater and text on the one hand, and the demand for new realism in the theater in drama on the other
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Textual studies
Skills
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Textual studies
Seminar
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills
Combined exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Divadelní revue.
  • Augustová, Zuzana ? Jiřík, Jan ? Jobertová, Daniela. Horizonty evropského dramatu. Současný divadelní text mezi dramatickými a postdramatickými tendencemi. Praha: NAMU, 2016.
  • Barba, Eugenio; Savarese, Nicola. Slovník divadelní antropologie : o skrytém umění herců. Praha : Lidové noviny, 2000. ISBN 80-7106-369-X.
  • Budil, Ivo T. Mýtus, jazyk a kulturní antropologie. 2. vyd. Praha : Triton, 1995. ISBN 80-85875-04-7.
  • Callois, Roger. Hry a lidé.. Ypsilon, Praha, 2001.
  • Eco, Umberto. Teorie sémiotiky. Vyd. 2., V Argu 1. Praha : Argo, 2009. ISBN 978-80-257-0157-7.
  • Goffman, Erving. Všichni hrajeme divadlo : sebeprezentace v každodenním životě. Praha : Nakladatelství Studia Ypsilon, 1999. ISBN 80-902482-4-1.
  • Osolsobě, I. Mnoho povyku pro semiotiku. Nakladatelství hudba a divadlo, Brno.
  • Pavlovský, Petr. Základní pojmy divadla : teatrologický slovník. 1. vyd. Praha : Libri, 2004. ISBN 80-7277-194-9.
  • Vodička, Libor. Úvod do divadelních studií. Studijní text pro kombinované studium. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2013.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): European Cultural Studies (17-4) Category: Philosophy, theology 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): European Cultural Studies (17-4) Category: Philosophy, theology 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter