Course: Playwright in the Latin countries

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Course title Playwright in the Latin countries
Course code KRF/9DRZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 10
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Voždová Marie, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The subject presents the development of the dramatic forms in Romance literatures from the beginning of the secular theatre in national languages up to the present time. It is focused also on the transformations of the popularity of the genres and authors in different historic periods with attention paid to the aesthetics of the period and the political-social situation. The reception of the more important authors in the Czech context is observed as well. A special attention is paid to the form of comic representation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 20 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 150 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 80 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The objective of this course is to understand the development of the dramatic forms in Romance literatures from the beginnings of the secular theatre in the national languages up to the present time.
-to understand the principals of development of the dramatic genres -to develop the ability of scholarly discussion
Prerequisites
N/A

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)

The student must actively take part in the lessons. For the exam, he or she must have covered the scope of the lectures and the recommended specialised literature and to see 10 classic plays (in the theatre, on DVD, VHS, or at least read the scenario/screenplay if unavailable in other form) from different works of different Romance literatures.
Recommended literature
  • Kratochvíl, K. Ze světa commedie dell?arte, .
  • Mikeš. (1995). Divadlo španělského zlatého věku, . Praha.
  • Ubersfeld, A. (1996). Lire le théatre I-III. Paris.
  • Voždová. (2009). Francouzský vaudeville.Geneze a proměny žánru. Olomouc.


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