FF:DVHc096 Theat. Reforms of 18th c.

DVHc096 Theatrical Reforms of 18th century 1

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2004

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Margita Havlíčková (lecturer), Dr. Július Gajdoš, Ph.D. (deputy)

Guaranteed by

Dr. Július Gajdoš, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Zuzana Klusáčková

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

This two session course is about to take us through the fascinating /r/evolutions of XVIII century European theatre and is going to show the students the metamorphosis of its essential parts. We will analyze the European theatre culture as an integral unity of people and time. We will watch the tremendous theatrical personalities of that time shape the stage. Our attention shall be focused on Gottsched, Ekhof, Neuber, Fielding, Garrick, Voltaire, Diderot, Lessing, Goldoni, Noverre and many others. Our work will also concentrate on certain key texts such as Paradoxe sur le Comédien by Diderot, Lessing's famous Hamburgischer Dramaturgie and Schiller's Die Schaubühne als eine moralische Anstalt betrachtet Special attention shall be paid to XVIII century stage design and costumes.

Syllabus

1. The spiritual essence of the Enlightenment. 2. Theatre's new social function. Theatre as a vital part of bourgeois culture. 3. Shift of topics as a mirror of a new set of social values. 4. The /r/evolution of theatre elements /building the drama, acting the drama/ 5. First theatre /r/evolutionaries

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DVHc096 Theatrical Reforms of 18th century 1

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