CJc321 Contemporary Czech Drama

Faculty of Education
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. David Kroča, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Milena Šubrtová, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Fri 12. 4. 12:00–17:50 učebna 7, Fri 19. 4. 12:00–14:50 učebna 6
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
The aim of the subject is to introduce students to the main tendencies in the development of Czech drama after the year 1989.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able 1) to understand the history of Czech drama after the year 1989, 2) to analyze literary works, 3) to include literary works into cultural context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Czech drama theatre in the early 1990s: general characteristics of the period. 2. The search for a new Czech play. Competition for the Alfréd Radok Foundation Prize for the best original Czech or Slovak play of the year (1992-1998) and the Alfréd Radok Prize (1999-2013). 3. Awarded authors and plays from 1992-2013 (original Czech drama). 4. Significant tendencies and their representatives in Czech drama after 1990.
Literature
  • MIKULOVÁ, Iva, Aleš MERENUS and Jitka ŠOTKOVSKÁ. Text a divadlo (Text and theatre). Praha: Academia, 2019, 412 pp. Theatrologica. ISBN 978-80-200-3108-2. info
  • GILK, Erik, Jana KOLÁŘOVÁ, Radek MALÝ, Lenka POŘÍZKOVÁ and Jan SCHNEIDER. Panorama české literatury. Edited by Lubomír Machala. Vydání první. Praha: Knižní klub, 2015, 303 stran. ISBN 9788024250540. info
  • JUNGMANNOVÁ, Lenka. Příběhy obyčejných šílenství : "nová vlna" české dramatiky po roce 1989. Vydání první. Praha: Filip Tomáš - Akropolis, 2014, 243 stran. ISBN 9788074700873. info
  • V souřadnicích mnohosti : česká literatura první dekády jednadvacátého století v souvislostech a interpretacích. Edited by Alena Šidáková Fialová - Petr Hruška - Lenka Jungmannová. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2014, 817 stran. ISBN 9788020024107. info
  • VODIČKA, Libor, Jiří ZIZLER, Petr HRUŠKA and Lubomír MACHALA. V souřadnicích volnosti: česká literatura devadesátých let dvacátého století v interpretacích. (In the Coordinates of Freedom: Czech Literature of the Ninetees of the 20th Century in the Interpretations.]). Praha: Academia, 2008, 738 pp. Česká literatura. ISBN 978-80-200-1630-0. info
  • KROČA, David. Krize mikrosvěta. K jednomu tématu v české dramatice 90. let. Weles. Brno: Wendryňská literárně-estetická spol., 2004, č. 20, p. 80-87. ISSN 1214-2948. info
Teaching methods
In the form of a seminar (interpretations and analysis of selected works), students will get a deeper insight into poetics of a literary work. They will further develop their literary knowledge and interpretational skills with the aim to communicate with a literary work more efficiently. They will creatively use their knowledge gained not only in contact classes but also in their individual study of recommended literature which they will be able to discuss regularly with their teacher. The main method of teaching is a seminar.
Assessment methods
Type of completion: active participation in seminars and attendance of at least 80 %.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 9 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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