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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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The course will center on the following topics: 1. Basic literary terminology and critical studies generally relating to the role of the comic in drama. (Definiton of comic in Aristotle's Poetics, Stendhal's essay on laughter, Mauron's psycho-critical interpretation, Henri Bergson and his models of situational comic, social role of laughter, Bachtin's conception). 2. Medieval farses 3. Moliere as an author of comedy of manners and creator of the "black humour". 4. Laughter in the drama of the 18th century: Regnard, Lesage, the authors of comedies of characters and manners, Nivelle de la Chaussée and his "comédie larmoyante". Beaumarchais, Marivaux. 5. Laughter in Musset's comedies and proverbs, language comic.
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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
- 75 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 25 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 25 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The objective of the course is to make a detailed survey of the theory of the comic and its application on dramas from the main stages of development of the French comic drama from the Middle Ages until today.
understanding of the development of laugh culture throughout the history of French drama perfection of the ability to work with literary terminology improvement of the ability to interpret text as a structure of meaning, to apply different methods of literary analysis on the particular text of a play development of the ability of professional discussion
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Prerequisites
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none
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance
1/ regular attendance and active participation in the seminars 2/ preparation for each class, knowledge of the text to be analysed The exam tests the understanding of literary history of the given epoch and literary theory.
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Recommended literature
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Roubine, J.J. (1994). Introduction aux grandes théories du Théâtre, . Paris: Bordas.
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Corvin, M. (1990). Lire la comédie. Paris.
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