Course: Theatre Seminar - Dramaturgy

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Course title Theatre Seminar - Dramaturgy
Course code KDU/DRSD
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kubartová Eliška, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Bernátek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Hanáčková Andrea, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Basic dramaturgical concepts Czech theatre dramaturgy after 1945 and especially after 1989 Dramaturgical strategies in world theatre since the 1970s Dramaturgy of Olomouc theatres: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, risks Preparation of own lecture texts and performances: choice of production, choice of form, research, creation

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Training in job and motor Skils, Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 50 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to understand the changes in contemporary dramaturgical work and to try out the lecturing activity in cooperation with Theatre on Cuckoos and the Moravian Theatre Studio. During the seminar, students will learn about the changes in dramaturgical work in Czech and international theatre, especially in the context of post-dramatic theatre. They will also learn how to prepare a lecturer's introduction or accompanying educational material for a production.
Students will learn to look at different types of materials as potential carriers of new contemporary meanings, the source of which is creative dramaturgical interpretation. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship between discursive and non-discursive elements and the diversity of materials, as well as the relationship between (dramaturgical) analysis and interpretation. Learners will be trained in group and project work, gain closer links in theatre operations and become familiar with the process of developing a dramaturgical plan for a theatre/cultural institution. Upon completion of the course, they will be familiar with the basic mechanisms and issues of creating dramaturgical concepts and lecturer introductions in theatre.
Prerequisites
No admission requirements.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

The project and creative nature of the coursework requires proactivity and a willingness to learn new things, to actively seek out information, to change opinions, attitudes and decisions in discussion and to think creatively. Learners will be assessed on the basis of their activity and performance in class and the resulting learning outcomes. Self-evaluation will also be part of the assessment.
Recommended literature
  • CÍSAŘ, Jan. (2011). Česká divadelní tradice: mýtus, nebo živá skutečnost?.
  • DVOŘÁK, Jan. (2004). Kreativní management pro divadlo, aneb, O divadle jinak: kapitoly k tématu realizace divadla.. Praha: Pražská scéna.
  • HORSÁKOVÁ, Monika, ed. a ZELINSKÝ, Miroslav, ed. (2020). Proměny dramaturgie: dramaturgie v off-line a on-line prostoru: (kolektivní monografie k současným uměleckým dramaturgiím).. Opava, Slezská univerzita.
  • JUNGMANNOVÁ, Lenka. (2015). Příběhy obyčejných šílenství: "nová vlna" české dramatiky po roce 1989.
  • JUST, Vladimír a kol. (2010). Divadlo v totalitním systému.
  • KÖNIGSMARK , Václav. (1991). Co s Trójským koněm po vítěz né bitvě?: Situace čes. divadla po r. 1989.
  • KOTTE, Andreas. (2010). Divadelní věda: úvod.
  • MALZACHER, Florian a WARSZA, Joanna (ed.). (2017). Empty Stages, Crowded Flats Performativity as Curatorial Strategy.
  • RHINE, Anthony. (2018). Theatre management: arts leadership for the 21st Century. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • ROMANSKA, Magda (ed.). (2015). The Routledge Companion to Dramaturgy.
  • TRENCSÉNYI, Katalin. (2015). Dramaturgy in the making: a user's guide for theatre practitioners. London: Bloomsbury Methuen.


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): Theatre Studies (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theatre Studies (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Film, Theatre, TV and Radio Studies (2017) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -