FF:SUS_47 Chapters from Theater History - Course Information
SUS_47 Chapters from Theater History I.
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Veronika Valentová, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková (deputy)
PhDr. Aleš Filip, Ph.D. (alternate examiner) - Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Aleš Filip, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Tue 14:00–15:40 N51
- 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 190 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 16/190, only registered: 0/190, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/190 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course is outlined as a first part of two-semester lecture that aims at capturing the most important developmental phases of world theatre and drama. The lecture will focus on some historic and style epochs (the ancient world, Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque) as well as principal works and personalities of world drama and theatre (Sofokles, Euripides, Machiavelli, Shakespeare...), including selections from their work.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of this course, students should be able to take bearings in the theatre history.
- Syllabus
- ANCIENT WORLD - Function and manner of theatre running, Greek tragedy + comedy, space, differences between Greek and Roman concept of theatre and theatre space
- MIDDLE AGES - Religious and secular genres of medieval theatre
- RENAISSANCE - Commedia erudita, commedia dell arte, siglo de oro, Elizabethan theatre…
- BAROQUE - Opera, theatre designing
- Literature
- recommended literature
- STEHLÍKOVÁ, Eva. Hesla z oblasti antického a středověkého divadla (Ancient Greek and Roman and Medieval Theatre). In Základní pojmy divadla. Praha: Libri + Národní divadlo, 2004, p. 30-60, 30 pp. Není součástí žádné edice. ISBN 80-7277-194-9. info
- BROCKETT, Oscar G. Dějiny divadla. Vyd. 1. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1999, 948 s. : i. ISBN 80-7106-364-9. info
- STEHLÍKOVÁ, Eva. A co když je to divadlo? : několikero zastavení nad středověkým latinským dramatem. Vyd. 1. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 1998, 163 s. ISBN 80-7008-069-8. info
- STEHLÍKOVÁ, Eva. Římské divadlo. Vyd. 1. Praha: KLP-Koniasch Latin Press, 1993, 131 s., [2. ISBN 80-901508-2-9. info
- STEHLÍKOVÁ, Eva. Řecké divadlo klasické doby. Praha: Ústav pro klasická studia, 1991, 130 s. ISBN 80-901084-0-7. info
- Ze světa komedie dell'arte : fakta, poznámky, podněty. Translated by Karel Kratochvíl - Zdeněk Digrin - Jaroslav Hornát - Vladimír. Druhé přepracované vydán. Praha: Panorama, 1987, 584 stran. URL info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, homeworks
- Assessment methods
- The course ends with a written test to examine how students are familiar with the topics discussed (authors, works, principles) and an essay.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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