LJBcB29 Staging Roman Comedy (Workshop)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Mgr. Radek Černoch, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Eliška Kubartová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Daniela Urbanová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Tomáš Weissar (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Daniela Urbanová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 15:50–19:05 G03
Prerequisites
Interests in ancient drama and willingness to take part in a staging of a Roman comedy. Knowledge of Latin is not requiered, but it is necessary to speak Czech - the comedy is going to be played in Czech translation!
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 18 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/18, only registered: 0/18, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/18
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to make students familiar with palliate, one of the Roman comic genres, and give them a general overview of translating Classical plays for stage. Besides attending the lectures, students will have opportunity to take part in the rehearsals of a concrete play by Plautus, the as-yet-untranslated “Curculio”.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the course; brief introduction to Classical Roman theatre and drama (genres, staging, characteristics of palliate).
  • 2. Plautus as a playwright (adaptation strategies, stock elements of plots, language); the Plautinopolis or The omnipresent discourse of Law and the conglomerate of Greek and Roman in Plautus’ plays.
  • 3. Translating Roman comedy for stage (strategies and possibilities – philological vs. theatre translation, substitution, anticipated ostension; analysis of selected scenes from “Curculio”).
  • 4. Stock characters of palliate; characters of “Curculio”; casting the roles and technical staff.
  • 5.–12. Rehearsing the play; discussing the translation variants.
Literature
    required literature
  • PLAUTUS, Titus Maccius a Wolfgang de MELO. Plautus: Casina, The Casket Comedy, Curculio, Epidicus, The Two Menaechmuses. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2011. Loeb classical library. ISBN 9780674996786.
    recommended literature
  • PLAUTUS, Titus Maccius a Magda van TILBURG. Curculio. Ein Comic mit lateinischen Originaltext. Bamberg: Buchners Verlag, 2008.
  • PLAUTUS, Titus Maccius a Paul NIXON. Casina – The Casket Comedy – Curculio – Epidicus – The Two Menaechmuses. London – New York: William Heinemann – G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917.
  • PLAUTUS, Titus Maccius a Giusto MONACO. Curculio. Palerme: Palumbo, 1969.
  • PLAUTUS, Titus Maccius a Ettore PARATORE. Amphitruo, Casina, Curculio, Miles Gloriosus: Testo latino con traduzione a fronte. Firenze: Sansoni, 1959.
  • PLAUTUS, Titus Maccius a Peter RAU. Komödien: Curculio – Epidicus – Menaechmi – Mercator. Lateinisch und deutsch. Herausgegeben, übersetzt und kommentiert. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2008. ISBN 9783534181278.
  • PLAUTUS, Titus Maccius a John WRIGHT. Plautus' Curculio. Rev. ed. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993. ISBN 0806125071.
  • PLAUTUS, Titus Maccius a Jean COLLART. Charançon. Édition, introduction et commentaire. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1962.
Teaching methods
Lectures; seminary discussions; rehearsing and performing the play.
Assessment methods
Credits are given for active participation in the seminary discussions, rehearsals and the performance (acting, making costumes and props, music, technical jobs, etc.).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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