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Lecturer(s)
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Voždová Marie, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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This course will cover the following topics: 1. French Boulevard as a historical term 2. The phenomenon of Boulevard theatre and its development 3. Morphology of Boulevard theatre genres 4. Eugene Scribe and "piece bien faite" 5. Eugene Labiche - the father of modern French comedic boulevard theater 6. The French Belle-Epoque and its icon, Georges Feydeau 7. Jean Anouilh as a modern follower of the boulevard theatre traditions 8. Playwrights of the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century: Marc Camoletti and Jean Poiret 9. The text of a play and theatre play 10. The text of a play and a film adaptation: the interdisciplinary level of the works 11. Playwright, director and actor Francis Veber 12. Presentation of papers on the chosen topic and final summarizing discussion
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
- Preparation for the Exam
- 25 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 25 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 25 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 50 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The objective of this course is to make the students familiar with the contemporary popular-dramatic genre in the context of its most important development stages, with the emphasis on the interdisciplinarity.
1/ to understand better the phenomenon of the Boulevard theatre in the social context 2/ to perfection the ability to work with literary terminology 3/ to improve the ability to interpret a text as a structure of meaning, to apply different historical and current approaches to literary analysis on particular texts 4/ to develop the ability of interdisciplinary scholarly discussion
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Prerequisites
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None.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Written exam
1/ regular attendance and active participation in the seminars (mandatory attendance 75%) 2/ preparation for each class, knowledge of the text to be analysed 3/ presentation of a professional paper on the chosen topic The exam will test the understanding of the history and theory of the given genre.
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Recommended literature
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Brunet, B. (2005). Le Théâtre de boulevard,. Paris, Armand Colin.
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Corvin, M.. (1989). Le Théâtre de boulevard, . Paris, PUF.
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Voždová. (2009). Francouzský vaudeville.Geneze a proměny žánru. Olomouc.
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Voždová, M. (2003). Skřípavý smích Jeana Anouilhe. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého.
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Winock, Michel. (2003). La Belle-Epoque. Parie.
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