Course: Introduction to Theatre Theory

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Course title Introduction to Theatre Theory
Course code KDU/ZTDV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Kubina Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Bernátek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics: - Theatre science and theatre studies: basic areas of research and formation of theatre science in universities, especially in Central Europe - Theorizing acting: basic paradigms of modern acting theory (K. S. Stanislavsky, Bertolt Brecht, Jerzy Grotowski), the other body and disadvantage (Petra Kuppers), performative aspects of politics - Cultural theatre studies, theatricality in culture and audience studies.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Demonstration
  • Attendace - 2 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 2 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course is focused on the basic terms and theoretical approaches within the area of the theatre. Students will be familiar with the principles on which different theatre theories are based. Students will be able to formulate the definitions in theatrical practice and name individual theatrical components and discuss them. They will be able to put them in context of development of theater. Students will understand problems of theatrical character.
Student will be able to characterize main approaches of theatre theory. Students will be able to formulate the definitions in theatrical practice and name individual theatrical components and discuss them. They will be able to put them in context of development of theater. Students will understand problems of theatrical character.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the literary theories (at least at basic secondaryeducation level) and terms known from the course focused on the introduction to theatre studies. Completed course: Introduction to theatre studies.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Student performance

The teaching is divided into an explanatory and a seminar part, which is based on discussion of the assigned reading and verification of what has been read. The course ends with an oral examination, which requires credit. More than three absences are grounds for not awarding credit.
Recommended literature
  • (2014). Theatralia: revue současného myšlení o divadelní kultuře. Ročník 17, 2014/1, Teatralia veřejných událostí.. Brno.
  • Balme, Christopher B. (2010). The Cambridge introduction to theatre studies.. Cambridge.
  • BALME, Christopher. (2018). Úvod do divadelnej vedy. Bratislava.
  • CARLSON, Marvin. (2006). Dejiny divadelních teórií. Bratislava.
  • ETLÍK, Jaroslav. (1999). Divadlo jako zakoušení: vztah noetického a ontologického principu v divadelním umění..
  • FISCHER-LICHTE, Erika. Estetika performativnosti.
  • GAUDREAULT, André, MARION, Philippe. (2004). Médium se rodí vždycky dvakrát. In SZCZEPANIK, Petr (ed.). Nová filmová historie.
  • HONZL, Jindřich. (1940). Pohyb divadelního znaku.
  • Lehmann, Hans-Thies. (2007). Postdramatické divadlo. Bratislava.
  • MCKINNEY, Joslin, BUTTERWORTH, Philip. (2009). The Cambridge introduction to scenography. Cambridge.
  • MUSILOVÁ, Martina. (2008). . Teatralia veřejných událostí: uvedení do problematiky.
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Ivo. (2007). Principia parodica. Praha.
  • PAVIS, Patrice. Divadelní slovník..
  • PAVIS, Pavis. (2010). Současný stav výzkumu v oblasti analýzy představení ? divadelní věda či performance studies?.
  • Pfister, Manfred. (2001). Das Drama: Theorie und Analyse. 11. Aufl.. München.
  • Sládek, O. (ed.). (2018). Slovník literárněvědného strukturalismu. Praha.
  • SZONDI, Peter. (1969). Teória modernej drámy. Bratislava.
  • VELTRUSKÝ, Jiří. (1994). Příspěvky k teorii divadla. Praha.
  • ZICH, Otakar. (1997). Principy teoretické dramaturgie.


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): Science of Arts (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -