Course: Spanish Theatre

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Course title Spanish Theatre
Course code KRS/SPDI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Spanish
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Malinová Lenka, Mgr.
  • Cervera Garcés Fabiola, Mgr.
  • Hromada Jakub, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The objective of this course is to make the student familiar with basic tendencies in Spanish theatre development and to situate the theatre within a broader literary-social context. The theoretical part will focus on main tendencies, authors and dramatic texts. The course is divided into several blocks: 1. Medieval theatre: Auto de los Reyes Magos. 2. Transition to modern era: The deep grounds of La Celestina. 3. Renaissance: Juan del Encina, the father of Spanish theatre. Hernando de Ribera, Gil Vicente and Agustín de Rojas. Garcilaso's eclogues represented at the end of "First Renaissance". 4. Golden Age (El Siglo de Oro): commercial theatre. Spanish stages in the 17th century. Courts of comedy. Lope de Vega and Calderón de la Barca. 5. Leandro Fernández de Moratín and the "new comedy". El sí de las ninas. 6. Romanticism. Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino. 7. Theory of esperpento. Valle Inclán. Luces de bohemia. 8. Women in the theatre of García Lorca. Mariana Pineda, Yerma, Bodas de sangre and La casa de Bernarda Alba. 9. Alfonso Sastre. Antonio Buero Vallejo. El tragaluz. 10. The new approaches on the Spanish scene. Objectives of the practical part of the course: 1. Learn the language and the techniques of theatre. 2. Stimulate the development of creativity. 3. Enrich the student's vocabulary. 4. Acquire fluency, both in speaking and writing. 5. Develop sensibility to diverse problems. 6. Support expression and formulation of ideas. 7. Develop competence to analyse, to judge critically and self-critically. 8. Encourage participation and responsible division of functions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 52 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 24 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 24 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Reading and performance of Spanish and Latin-American plays in the original version.
To master the subject specified in course goals.
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Didactic Test, Dialog

attendence to classes, written exam
Recommended literature
  • Bentley, E. (1982). La Vida del Drama. Barcelona.
  • Granja, A. de la. (1987). Hacia una bibliografía general del teatro breve del Siglo de Oro. Primera parte: Estudios I. 37, 1987, pp. 227-246.
  • Ruíz Ramón, Fco. (1997). Historia del Teatro Espaňol del Siglo XX.
  • Sastre, A. (1987). Escuadra Hacia la Muerte/ La Mordaza (Edición de Farris Anderson). Madrid: Castalia.
  • Sito Alba, M. (1987). Análisis de la Semiótica Teatral. Madrid.


Study plans that include the course
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