DVBS10 Scenographer Josef Svoboda

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/2/2. 6 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
Wed 12:30–14:05 G01
Prerequisites (in Czech)
DVBA002 Intro to Theatre Studies 2 || DVBP04 Theatre in History 2
Studenti se před zahájením semináře seznámí s knihou Věry Ptáčkové Josef Svoboda (1983).
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 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 0/12, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to open up the issue of scenography and its critical reflection on the example of the famous scenographer Josef Svoboda. During the course, students will be introduced to the methods of work with archives, reconstruction of theatre production and will master the tools for scenographic analysis.
Syllabus
  • 1. Different types of papers or studies about Svoboda and their methodologies, other literature on scenography, "how to write about scenography?", issue of memory and archive
  • 2. the inter-war avant-garde context: above all, F. Tröster and M. Kouřil
  • 3. The Opera of May 5th, Expo 58 and Laterna Magika, 1960's in theatre
  • 4. Collaboration with Radok and Krejča
  • 5. entering the western cultural space, grand operas (collaboration with G. Friedrich and J. Dexter)
  • 6. theoretical concept of the psychoplastic space, its genesis withing the context of Czech structuralism, establishment of "scenograhpy," Prague Quadrennial, the issue of specificity of Czech scenography
  • 7. Selected production in 1980's and 1990's (collaboration with A. Delcampe and G. Strehler), La Traviata
  • 8. Written analysis of visual component in a given production
Literature
    required literature
  • PTÁČKOVÁ, Věra. Josef Svoboda. Edited by Jana Pleskačová, Translated by Kurt Kuhn. 1. vyd. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 1983, 203 s. info
  • Josef Svoboda : scenographer. Edited by Helena Albertová. 1st ed. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 2008, 328 s. ISBN 9788070082294. info
  • CRESPI MORBIO, Vittoria. Josef Svoboda alla Scala. Torino: Umberto Allemandi & C., 2003, 58 s. ISBN 8842212229. info
  • STEHLÍKOVÁ, Eva. The Laterna Magika of Josef Svoboda and Alfréd Radok. Theatralia. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, roč. 14, č. 1, p. 173-191, 18 pp. ISSN 1803-845X. info
    not specified
  • MCKINNEY, Joslin and Philip BUTTERWORTH. The Cambridge introduction to scenography. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009, xv, 237. ISBN 9780521847650. info
  • KOUBSKÁ, Vlasta. František Tröster :artist of light and space. Edited by František Tröster. [Praha]: Obecní dům, 2007, 189 s. ISBN 9788086339382. info
  • ČERNÝ, Jindřich. Osudy českého divadla po druhé světové válce : Divadlo a společnost 1945-1955. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2007, 526 stran. ISBN 9788020015020. info
  • HILMERA, Jiří. František Troster. 1. vyd. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 1989, 251 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
3 seminar works, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
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