DVBA010 The Art of Criticism 2

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Libor Vodička, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Bc. Iva Mikulová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Mon 12:30–14:05 G01
Prerequisites (in Czech)
DVBZ001 Qualifying Exam
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of this seminar series is to improve the reading skills and analyze dramatic texts (thematic and structural analysis of drama, generic classification etd.) and to interpret them. The assessment of the course will be based on seminar presentations. At the end of the course students should be able to write critical essay.
Syllabus
  • The two-term course is concerned with creative writing (criticism, critical essays), as well as philosophic and theoretical questions of critical thinking and thinking of the contemporary theatre. The course will be based on public reading of one’s texts, followed by the discussion. The latter part of the course will be concerned with reading of classical texts which thematize the problems of art criticism, literature, or theatre. It will include a reflection of critical methods and means of writing of important Czech theater critics and thinkers in the 20th century as well as nowadays.
Literature
  • BARTHES, Roland. Kritika a pravda. Translated by Josef Čermák - Josef Dubský - Julie Štěpánková. Praha: Dauphin, 1997, 264 s. ISBN 80-86019-53-5. info
  • ELIOT, T. S. O básnictví a básnících. Translated by Martin Hilský. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1991, 357 s. ISBN 8020702865. info
  • ČERNÝ, Václav. Co je kritika, co není a k čemu je na světě. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Blok, 1968, 81 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Every lecture requires homework preparation in reading the assigned study literature. After teacher's presentation of the general and particular features of the subject, students are guided to interpretation of the chosen extracts, and class discussions follow.
Assessment methods
class discussion, homeworks
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013.
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