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Lecturer(s)
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Kubartová Eliška, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Bernátek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Kubina Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction: Performance Theories 2. Topic 1: Mask as a Theatre and Funeral Prop 3. Topic 2: Public and Private Space as a Stage 4. Topic 3: Dramatization of Social and Political Self 5. Conclusion: Epistemology of Cultural Study of How Do We Know the Past?
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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)
- Homework for Teaching
- 1 hour per semester
- Attendace
- 2 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Theatre, Spectacle and Performance in the Roman Empire The aim of the course is to familiarize students with theatre and performance culture of the Roman Empire. On the background of the popular image of the Roman Empire as thriving with amphitheatres, gladiatorial combats and lecherous mime actors, more nuanced picture of the Graeco-Roman imperial culture will be presented, employing the conceptualization of culture as a form of performance (Milton Singer, Erving Goffman, Richard Schechner, Victor Turner, Erika Fischer-Lichte, etc.).
The students will be able to: - employ standard terms used in performance theories, - describe the intertwining of political, social and cultural history in the given era and its performative aspects, - respond knowledgeably, appreciatively and critically to selected significant theatrical and performative practices of Imperial Rome and relate them to contemporary socio-cultural context, - analyze theatrical and performative practices of the time, employing concepts such as role, mask, drama, script, stage and backstage, impression management, autopoetic loop, kinesthetic spectatorship, etc.
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Prerequisites
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The course is taught in English.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Seminar Work
- Regular attendance (min. 70%) - Home work (reading texts in English, max. of 5 pgs/week) - Oral exam (in English or Czech)
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Recommended literature
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BALME, Christopher B. et al. (2017). A Cultural History of Theatre, I?VI.. London.
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Brandt a Iddeng. (2012). Greek and Roman Festivals. Oxford.
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DODGE, Hazel. (2011). Spectacle in the Roman World. London.
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FISCHER-LICHTE, Erika. (2014). The Routledge Introduction to Theatre and Performance Studies. London, New York: Routledge.
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CHRISTENSEN a KYLE. (2014). Bleckwell Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity. Malden a Oxford.
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