NJK10 German Contemporary Theater

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course deals with the German literary drama of the 20th century. The students get acquainted with the basis of the so-called modern drama in the lectures and during seminars. This knowledge is further developed and used in the analysis of concrete plays. The teacher always provides an introduction to a given topic and the students try to find out the central motives in the analysed plays and they trace the similarities and differences. At the end of this course the students should be able to orientate themselves in the issues of the German theatre of the 20th century. They are able to understand the main features of this theatre and explain the background of single plays. They are also able to provide concrete examples from the given plays for their arguments. Main objectives can be summarized as follows: take ones bearings im Drama of the 20th Century. Theses, which this will be check up. A. Verwandtschaften über Jahrzehnte hinweg: 1. A. Schnitzler: Reigen, W. Schwab: Der reizende Reigen, 2. F. Wedekind: Lulu Dramen Der Erdgeist, Die Büchse der Pandora. H. Ibsen: Nora Jelinek: Was geschah nachdem Nora ihren Mann verlassen hat. 3. Goethe Zauberlehrling:G. Kaiser: Gas I, II., B. Brecht: Leben des Galilei, F. Dürrenmatt: Physiker. 4. Ö. von Horvath: Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald, M. L. Fleißer: Ingolstadt.., Das neue Volksstück: Sperr: Die Jagdszenen aus Bayern. 5. H. Von Hofmannsthal: Der Tor und der Tod, M. Frisch: Die Biographie 6. G. Kaiser: Von morgen bis Mitternacht, B. Strauss: Gross und klein. B. Judenfrage, Kriegsreflexion: 7. M. Walser: Der schwarze Schwan, M. Frisch: Nun singen sie wieder, R. Hochhuth: Stellvertetrer, P. Weiss: Die Ermittlung
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to describe the crucial trends in the germanspeking theatre, to analyze the main transformations and to interprete the primare texts.
Syllabus
  • A. Affinity: 1. A. Schnitzler: Reigen, W. Schwab: Der reizende Reigen, 2. F. Wedekind: Lulu Dramen Der Erdgeist, Die Büchse der Pandora. H. Ibsen: Nora Jelinek: Was geschah nachdem Nora ihren Mann verlassen hat. 3. Goethe Zauberlehrling:G. Kaiser: Gas I, II., B. Brecht: Leben des Galilei, F. Dürrenmatt: Physiker. 4. Ö. von Horvath: Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald, M. L. Fleißer: Ingolstadt.., Das neue Volksstück: Sperr: Die Jagdszenen aus Bayern. 5. H. Von Hofmannsthal: Der Tor und der Tod, M. Frisch: Die Biographie 6. G. Kaiser: Von morgen bis Mitternacht, B. Strauss: Gross und klein. B. Jewish in the German Postwardram, Reflexion of the War: 7. M. Walser: Der schwarze Schwan, M. Frisch: Nun singen sie wieder. R. Hochhuth: Stellvertetrer, P. Weiss: Die Ermittlung
Literature
  • Deiters, Franz Josef: Drama im Augenblick seines Sturzes, 2000.
  • Allkemper
  • Allkemper-Otto: Deustche Dramatiker des 20. Jahrhunderts. 2000.
  • Dramen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Interpretationen. 2 svazky. Stuttgart 1996.
  • NĚMCOVÁ, Michaela. A. Schnitzler - "Reigen" Geschichte der Entstehung, Aufführung und die Interpretation. Edited by Jaroslav Kovář. 1999, 73 s. info
  • SZONDI, Peter. Teória modernej drámy. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Tatran, 1969, 175 s. info
  • SZONDI, Peter. Theorie des modernen Dramas 1880-1950. 10. Aufl. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1956, 169 s. ISBN 3-518-00027-6. info
Teaching methods
The seminar is based on methods of presentation, analysis and synthesis of knowledge. It also uses collective work, in-class discussions and individual work of students.
Assessment methods
The student will get the credit if he/she gives an oral presentation of a selected topic.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 14 hodin za semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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