ARTS022 Transformations of the stories - between theatre, film and musical

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Klára Škrobánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 14:00–15:40 C33
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! PROGRAM ( B - DS_ ) || ( PROGRAM ( B - DS_ ) && ( ARTS001 Cognitive Sciences || ARTS002 Approaches to language || ARTS003 Contemporary culture || ARTS004 Homer and European literature || ARTS005 Life in cyberspace || ARTS006 The Fall of an Empire || ARTS007 Germanic literatureNobel Prize || ARTS008 Argumentation and Logic || ARTS009 Czech 101 || ARTS010 History of Mongolia and steppe empires || ARTS011 Transformations of Christian Europe: Visions, Critical Analysis and Discussions || ARTS012 Cult. Constr. of Other. || ARTS013 Slavonic Areas || ARTS014 How to read World Literature. || ARTS015 Humans as a cultural species || ARTS016 Medieval Literary Life || ARTS017 Life after Death in Arts || ARTS018 || ARTS019 Shakespeare and Marriage || ARTS020 Digital Humanities || ARTS021 Art and Culture in Cent.Europe ))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Telling stories is old as mankind itself. Story is like DNA, which adapts to new environments, situations and society - and the most known stories are hundreds and thousands years old.
We will trace travels of the old, notorious stories, which we know from theatre, in between different media (theatre, cinema, musical, literature, balet, komiks…), in between high and lowbrow, popular and élitiste genres.
On one hand we will focus on artistic choices and adaptation strategies, on other hand audience reception on different arts works.
Learning outcomes
Students learn about different way of interpreting art work
Students will be able to compare different mediální adaptace téhož námětu
Students deepen their ability to interpret art work in aesthetic, historic and political contexts.
Syllabus
  • Introduction: relation of theatre and other media, adaptation as theoretical and practical creative problem.
  • 3 exkursions into three stories of "stories":
  • A) Life and death of Jesus Christ - from gospels and passion plays to Passoli's Il Vangelo secondo Matteo, musical Jesus Christ SuperStar and Life of Brian.
  • B) Shakespeare's Hamlet and its theatre and film versions
  • C) From Ovid's and G.B.Shaw's Pygmalion to My Fair Lady (ze Zelňáku)
Literature
  • HUTCHEON, Linda. Teória adaptácie. Brno: Janáčkova akademie múzických umění v Brně, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7460-027-2.
  • HOŘÍNEK, Zdeněk. Drama, divadlo, divák. 3. rozš. vyd. Brno: Janáčkova akademie múzických umění. 209 s. ISBN 9788086928463. 2008. info
  • HUTCHEON, Linda. A theory of adaptation. New York: Routledge. xviii, 232. ISBN 0415967953. 2006. info
  • HOŘÍNEK, Zdeněk. Divadlo mezi modernou a postmodernou. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Studia Ypsilon. 207 s. ISBN 80-902482-3-3. 1998. info
  • HOŘÍNEK, Zdeněk. Cesty moderního dramatu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Studia Ypsilon. 163 s. ISBN 809000668X. 1995. info
Teaching methods
lecture, reading/homework
Assessment methods
assessment based on fulfilling partial task during semester and presenting final written essay (3-5 pages long).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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