Course: Practicing Theatre Reviewing 1

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Course title Practicing Theatre Reviewing 1
Course code KDU/PDK1
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Bernátek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Classwork introduces the bases of critical work, requirements for critical reflexion of contemporary theatre events and with basic theatre-critics genres. Thematic topics: Entry discussion on present-day theatre Situation of contemporary theatre critique Relationship between theatre nad critique Profile of theatre citicist Demarcation of theatre-critics area - critique function (studies of given literature, papers) Theatre-critics genres (analysis of model texts) Critical reflexion of critique Critical reflexions and their evaluation

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
Course provides the introduction to the issue of theatre criticism. Lectures will introduce criticism as a part of theatre studies, its function and main goals and possible present progress. Students will learn about theatre-critics genres. Course emphasis critical thinking of students by giving practical tasks. It develops student's analytic skills using discussion and polemic abilities.
Student will master basic theatre-critics styles by practical form and will prepare to join festival editors teams (Labyrinty herectví, Divadelní Flora, Ostravar et.) and for own publication in daily and technical journals.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Seminar Work

Students will work out their own papers from special literature ( for opening lectures) during semester further more 3-4 individual written reflexions based on given problem (reflexion of chosen inscenation, separat theatre-critical genres, maping of Olomouc's theatres, theatre festivals et.)
Recommended literature
  • BARTHES, Roland. (1997). Kritika a pravda. Praha - Liberec.
  • CÍSAŘ, Jan. (1994). Kdybychom to tak věděli. Divadelní noviny .
  • ČERNÝ, Václav. (1968). Co je kritika, co není a k čemu je na světě. Brno.
  • Grossman, J., Dvořák, J., Klíma, M., & Jindrová, Z. (2000). Jan Grossman. Praha: Nakladatelství Pražská scéna.
  • HAVEL, Václav. (1999). O kritice. Praha, Spisy 3.
  • HOŘÍNEK, Zdeněk. (2001). Kritický paradox. Praha, Divadelní revue 12, 2001, č. 4, s.3-8.
  • LJUBKOVÁ, Marta. (2008). Divadelní kritika v kómatu? . Praha, A2, 2008, č. 50.
  • MACHALICKÁ, Jana. (1998). Kdokoliv může psát cokoliv. Literární noviny , Literární noviny .
  • PAVIS, Patrice. (2010). Současný stav výzkumu v oblasti analýzy představení. Praha, Divadelní revue 21, 2010, č. 1, s. 12.
  • PAVLOVSKÝ, Petr. (2004). Základní pojmy divadla. Teatrologický slovník. Praha.
  • PŠENIČKA, Martin. (2010). Nejen k postdramatickému konceptu Hanse-Thiese Lehmanna. Praha, Divadelní revue 2010, č. 1., s. 28-49.
  • RUTTE, Miroslav. (1940). 20 kázání o divadle. Praha.
  • ŠALDA, F. X. (1987). O věcech divadelních. Praha.
  • Štěrbová, A., Šimáček, I., & Štefanides, J. (1990). O současném činoherním divadle. Ostrava: Profil.
  • TRPIŠOVSKÝ, Lukáš. (2008). Co kritik neuvidí a určitě nenapíše. Praha, Svět a divadlo 2008, č. 1, s.30.


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