DVBK004 Czech Theatre 4 / World Theatre 1 (problem seminar)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 8 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Barbora Diego Rivera Příhodová, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Friday 15:50–17:25 G03
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the issue of theory of scenography. At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain the evolution of ideas on visual aspect as one of the components in the complex of performance, as it was refined by Czech structuralists, and systematized in the study Specifičnost scénografie by foremost theorist Vladimir Jindra.
Syllabus
  • 1. prehistory of modern thought on scenography - Stanislavski, Wagner 2. E. G. Craig and „The Art of Theatre“ 3. Adolphe Appia and hierarchy of scenic elements 4. Otakar Zich: scene as director's second project, dramatic scene 5. theory of scenography in Czech structuralism: dramatic space by František Tröster and Jiří Frejka, Jan Mukařovský, Brušák and his imaginary action space, Miroslav Kouřil and E. F. Burian: theatre space 6. Růžena Vacková and her Výtvarný projev v dramatickém umění 7. Josef Svoboda: psychoplastic and production space 8. Prague Quadrennial, Vladimír Jindra and Specifičnost scénografie 9. And what was next? Scenography in Lehman's Postdramatic theatre, Arnold Aronson and his definition of postmodern stage design, submedial space
Literature
  • Vacková, Růžena. Výtvarný projev v dramatickém umění.
  • Aronson, Arnold. Pohled do propasti: eseje o scénografii
  • Jindra, Vladimír. Specifičnost scénografie
  • MCKINNEY, Joslin and Philip BUTTERWORTH. The Cambridge introduction to scenography. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009, xv, 237. ISBN 9780521847650. info
Assessment methods
presentation and co-presentation, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011.
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