DVB002K Introduction to Theatre Studies

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Iva Mikulová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor), doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Margita Havlíčková
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Libor Vodička, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
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
This lesson is drawn out for 1st grade students. The programme is made to introduce the basic resources of theatrology. On succesful completion of the course student will be able to explain elementary theory of Theatre and Play.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction. What is theatre. 2. Theatre studies as a science. Classification of theatrological fields. 3. Theatrological institutions. 4. The department of history of theatre of Moravské zemské muzeum. Work with archive materials. 5. Theatrological literature I. Periodics, textbooks, year-books, dictionaries, encyclopedies. 6. Theatrological literature II. Scholarly publications of theatre theory. 7. Theatrological literature III. Scholarly publications of theatre history. 8. The Archive of the amonal theatre in Brno etc. 9. The databasis and a bibliografy to history, literary history, and history of the theatre etc. 10. The Essentials rules of writing of scientific text. The bibliographic citations. Content, modality, structure. 11. Moravský zemský archiv.
Teaching methods
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
Homework and final project.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
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