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Lecturer(s)
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Bernátek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1.-2. Critical art geography and the study of avant-gardes in Central Europe 3.-4. Avant-garde theory: Peter Bürger's concept and its limitations 5. Avant-gardes as transnational movements: the example of Futurism and Constructivism in the theatre 6. Different positions of avant-gardes in new regions: Belarus, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, the Balkans 7. Self-organisation of the avant-gardes: exhibitions, congresses, magazines 8. The Bauhaus and its Central European membership 9. Aesthetics of the theatrical avant-gardes: scenography, use of the body, montage. 10. Avant-garde institutions and the reform of art education. 11. Theatrical avant-gardes, migration and exile. 12. Contemporary debates on the study of the avant-garde. 13. Closing session, colloquium.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic), Grafic and Art Activities, Group work
- Attendace
- 25 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 50 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 25 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of this historically oriented course is to introduce, explain and explore together the forms of historical avant-gardes in Central Europe in the first half of the 20th century. Students will gain knowledge of ways of thinking about historical avant-garde movements in Central Europe, and will acquire an understanding of basic facts, personalities, contexts and their interpretations. They will also be able to work independently and in teams, practising and developing their skills in heuristics and conceptualisation of historical phenomena. The avant-gardes will be understood in the seminar in their local multiplicity and international interdependence, which goes beyond the simple framework of national history, milestones of political periodisation or the centre-periphery dichotomy. The interpretation will therefore be based on lesser-known examples from the Baltic countries, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, the Balkans and Ukraine. Well-known avant-garde -isms will be looked at from the side, in terms of their local mutations.
Students: - Acquire a basic knowledge of modernist culture in Central and Eastern Europe, - will be able to explain the aesthetic principles of the avant-garde in theatre, - understand the relationship between aesthetic and social modernisation and politics through the example of the avant-garde. - will practise reading professional and artistic texts in English, - will practise group work and presentation skills - can explain the relationship between the avant-garde, art education reform and the significance of forced migration in global art history.
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Prerequisites
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Enrolment in this course excludes enrolment in the Czech language course Theatre Avant-Gardes of Central Europe (DAE).
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Dialog
Attendance (min. 75%), absence does not need to be documented by a medical certificate, etc. - Homework (reading assigned professional and dramatic texts in Czech and English; watching assigned recordings; listening to assigned audio formats). All assigned tasks must be completed before the colloquium. - Active participation in the group discussion. - Presentation and colloquium.
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Recommended literature
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BÄCKSTRÖM, Per HJARTARSON, Benedikt (eds. (2014). Decentring the avant-garde. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
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BENSON, Timothy O. et al. (2002). Central European avant-gardes: exchange and transformation, 1910-1930. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Count Museum of Art.
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BRU, Sascha et al. (2009). Europa! Europa?. Berlin: De Gruyter.
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Bürger, Peter. (1984). Theory of the Avant-Garde. Minneapolis: University of Minnesot.
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Ciampi Matulová, Jitka et al. (2019). Devětsil 1920-1931. Prague: Prague City Gallery.
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DOBÓ, Gábor and SZEREDI, Merse Pál (eds.). (2018). Local Contexts / International Networks: Avant-garde Journals in East-Central Europe. Budapest: Petöfi Literary Museum ? Kassák Museum.
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Grojs, Boris. (1992). The total art of Stalinism: avant-garde, aestetic dictatorship, and beyond. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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IMRE, Zoltán and KOSIŃSKI, Dariusz (eds.). (2018). Reclaimed Avant-garde. Warsaw: ZRTI.
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Kosiński, Dariusz (ed.). (2023). A lexicon of the Central-Eastern European interwar theatre avant-garde. Warsaw: Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute.
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