DVHs131 Contemporary Foreign Drama

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (lecturer), prof. PhDr. Eva Stehlíková (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:35 G01
Prerequisites
Knowlegde of elemntary method of drama analysis (minimum Z.Horinek: Drama, theatre, audience).
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Seminars will be dedicated to disscusions of key British drama from 60ties till nowaday. The aim of the course is to develop student's abilities to analyse dramatic text. At the same time they to get overview on British drama and its different shapes. Seminar will focus on texts by H.Pinter, D.Hare, T.Stoppard, M.Crimp, S.Kane, D.Harrower, D.Greig, S.Glover, C.Churchill, etc.
Syllabus
  • 2.October – introduction of course
  • 9.October – Harold Pinter: Birthday Party, The Caretaker
  • 16.October – Edward Bond – Saved, Sea
  • 23.October – Tom Stoppard – R+G are dead, Arcadia, The Real Inspector Hound
  • 30.October – Hare: Amy's View 6.listopadu – Sue Glover: Bondagers
  • 13.listopadu – Caryl Churchill – Top Girsl, To drunk to say I love you, FayAway
  • 20.listopadu – Patrik Marber: Closer, Howard Katz
  • 27.listopadu – Martin Crimp: The Treatment, Country
  • 4.prosince – Sarah Kane: Blasted + Cleansed, Phaedra's Love 11.prosince – David Harrower: Knives in Hens, Blackbird, Presence
  • 18.prosince – David Greig: Cosmonaut's Last Message..., Pyrenees, Outlying Islands
Literature
  • Hančil, Jan: Royal Court Theatre a divadlo dramatických autorů, DAMU, Praha 2007
  • Horoščák, Marek: Fenomén Royal Court Theatre a hry konce milénia, JAMU, Brno 2008
  • ESSLIN, Martin. The theatre of the absurd. 3rd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, 480 s. ISBN 0-14-013728-9. info
Assessment methods
Active participation at seminar discussion. One presentation of drama analysis in semester. Essay (10 pages) as base for oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
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