DVH002 Oedipus Rex

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Eva Stehlíková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Dr. Július Gajdoš, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Marie Sochorová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
Oedipus Rex is has long been esteemed as a model of tragic literature and as a masterpiece. The lecture will reflect various aspects of this drama - the content of the drama and its construction, Czech translations of the drama, the history of the theme before and after Sophocles, modern interpretations and various approaches to staging.
Syllabus
  • 1. Reading Sophocles. 2. Czech translations (from Končinský to Havrda-Borkovec). 3. History of interpretations. 4. From Seneca to modern adaptations (Racine, Shelley, Hofmannsthal, Cocteau, Dürrenmatt, Kundera, Daněk). 5. Homo Faber (novel by Frisch, film by Schlöndorf). 6. Staging of Oedipus (from Vicenza to European theatres). 7. Czech staging of Oedipus( from Jakub Seifert to J.A.Pitínský).
Literature
  • Literatura viz. informace ucitele
Assessment methods (in Czech)
blokove, možno zapsat jako kolokvium (2kr), prip. zkouska (+1)Písemná práce v rozsahu 15 stran na vybrané téma, veřejná diskuse o odevzdaných písemných pracech.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught: in blocks.
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