DVQ058K Commedia dell arte

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martina Musilová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Margita Havlíčková
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Martina Musilová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Theatre 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
The course is dealing with the forms and changes of Italian Commedia dell'Arte, acting with the mask and concept of a drama character inspired by masks in the chosen periods of Europian theatre. The course defines specific forms of acting influenced by Commedia dell’Arte through the video-records of European and Czech performances (Antonio Fava, Giorgio Strehler, Jacques Lecoq, Divadlo na provázku, Hubert Krejčí). • • The course is held in Czech.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able to: • - define periods of history of Commedia dell’Arte; • - define its influences on European theatre culture from the 16th century up today (Italian Commedia dell’Arte, its French branch, inspiring influence in the period of modernism and avant-garde, and contemporary conceptions of acting with the mask); • - prove knowledge of the most important performances of commedia dell'Arte throught 20th century.
Syllabus
  • - The origin of Italian commedie dell'arte - Scenarios - Characteristics of fixed types - French modification of commedie dell'arte - Stylised theatre of 20th century - Examples of influences of commedie dell'arte in Czech culture
Literature
    required literature
  • KREJČÍ, Hubert. Divadelní hříčky. Praha: Krystal, 1999
  • FREJKA, Jiří. Smích a divadelní maska, Praha: Jos. R. Vilímek, 1942
  • RUZZANTE, Angelo Beolco: Komedie o lásce (Vdovička z Ancony). Praha: DILIA, 1969
  • KRATOCHVÍL, Karel. Komedie dell'arte doma i za hranicemi : fakta, poznámky, podněty. 1. vyd. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 1973.
  • MUSILOVÁ, Martina. Základní rysy komedie dell’arte a jejího herectví. In Ad honorem Eva Stehlíková. Praha: Filosofický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2011. s. 221 – 233
  • DIGRIN, Zdeněk. Divadlo učenců a diplomatů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 1995. 527 s. ISBN 8070080442.
  • DALLA PORTA, Giovan Battista. Astrolog. Praha: DILIA, 1979
  • BOHADLOVÁ, Kateřina. Flaminio Scala a jeho Il Teatro delle Favole rappresentative v zrcadle doby : morfologická analýza Scalových scénářů podle metody V.J. Proppa. Praha: Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 2005, 111 s. ISBN 8023954105. info
    recommended literature
  • HENKE, Robert. Performance and literature in the commedia dell'arte. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xiv, 263. ISBN 0521643244.
  • OREGLIA, Giacomo. The Commedia dell’Arte. London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1968
  • DUCHARTRE, Pierre-Louis. The Italian comedy : the improvisation, scenarios, lives, attributes, portraits, and masks of the illustrious characters of the commedia dell'arte : La Comedie italienne (Orig.). Translated by Randolph T. Weaver. London: Harrap,
  • KATRITZKY, M. A. The art of commedia : a study in the commedia dell'arte 1560-1620 with special reference to the visual records. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2006. 625 s. ISBN 9042017988.
  • SCALA, Flaminio. The commedia dell'arte of Flaminio Scala : a translation and analysis of 30 scenarios. Translated by Richard Andrews. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow, 2008. lvi, 341. ISBN 9780810863606.
  • MIC, Constant. Komedia dell'arte, czyli, Teatr komediantów włowskich XVI, XVII, XVIII wieku. Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, 1961.
Teaching methods
Entering lecture and consultation of 3 seminar works.
Assessment methods
3 seminar essays of 9000 - 15000 characters.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught: in blocks.
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