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Lecturer(s)
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Kubartová Eliška, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1-2. Introduction: cultural performances, theatricality, medieval culture 3.-4. Liturgy as drama, liturgy as performance 5.-6. The Old Bohemian "Ointment Seller" and the Feast of Fools 7.-8. Royal coronation and wedding 9.-10. Medieval preaching and the laments of the Virgin Mary 11.-12. Folk festivals and customs
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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)
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Learning outcomes
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Theatre Without the Stage: Medieval Performance and Drama The aim of the course is to introduce medieval theatre and performative culture as a continuum and to show, through the examples of coronation and royal wedding, the main liturgical festivals of Christmas and Easter, preaching or carnivalesque, how the Middle Ages can be viewed through concepts such as spectator/performer/actor, script, scenography and performance/stage space, props, interaction, autopoietic feedback loop, 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 the Middle Ages 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, Student performance, Seminar Work
- Regular attendance (min. 70%) - Home work (reading texts in English, max. of 5 pgs/week) - Oral exam (in English or Czech): discussion of a selected text based on a mind map created by the student
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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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Cruse, Mark. Performance and Theatricality in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Turnhout. 2018.
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Eliška Poláčková. Verbum caro factum est. Performativita bohemikální literatury 14. století pohledem divadelní vědy.
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Max Harris. The Feast of Fools.
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McCall, Richard. (2007). Do This: Liturgy As Performance.
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Stevenson, Jill. (2010). Performance, Cognitive Theory, and Devotional Culture: Sensual Piety in Late Medieval York.. Palgrave Macmillan.
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