DVBA009 The Art of Reviewing and Criticism I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Libor Vodička, Ph.D. (seminar tutor), doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Bc. Iva Mikulová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jitka Šotkovská, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Mon 13:20–14:55 G01
Prerequisites (in Czech)
DVBZ001 Qualifying Exam
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of this seminar series is to improve the reading skills and analyze dramatic texts (thematic and structural analysis of drama, generic classification etd.) and to interpret them. The assessment of the course will be based on seminar presentations.
Syllabus
  • This two-semester course is aimed to train the students in creative writing with a special view to the genre of the theatre review, which contains elements of science and poetry. A stress is laid on the philosophical and theoretical problems of critical thinking of contemporary theatre. The first part of the course is aimed at the refinement of critical language, argumentation, structuring thought and refinement of the genre. The second part centres on the reading of classical critical texts on/of theatre criticism. As a part of the course is the reflection of the critical methods and writings of important Czech critics of the 20th century, such as F. X. Šalda, J. Vodák, O. Fischer, A. M. Píša, M. Rutte, J. Grossman, S. Machonin, K. Kraus, Z. Hořínek, V. Just, E. Stehlíková and others.
Literature
  • Essays critiques [Barthes]. Paris: Éditions du Seuil. info
  • MARCELLI, Miroslav. Príklad Barthes. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Kalligram, 2001, 317 s. ISBN 80-7149-441-0. info
  • BREMOND, Claude and Thomas G. PAVEL. De Barthes à Balzac : fictions d'un critique, critiques d'une fiction. Paris: Albin Michel, 1998, 304 s. ISBN 2226106774. info
  • ČERNÝ, Václav. Co je kritika, co není a k čemu je na světě. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Blok, 1968, 81 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Every lecture requires homework preparation in reading the assigned study literature. After teacher's presentation of the general and particular features of the subject, students are guided to interpretation of the chosen extracts, and class discussions follow.
Assessment methods
The final assessment is based on the work (assignments) done in seminars, on the active participation and the quality of the submitted assignments.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009.
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