DVBS24 Analysis of a director

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiřina Hofmanová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Margita Havlíčková
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Karolína Stehlíková, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 9:10–10:45 G01
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 8 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/8, only registered: 0/8, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/8
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will extend their knowledge of modern Czech theatre history, esp. of so-called normalisation. The course will also focus on analysis of director's personality in variable contexts (individual develompemtn, local historical contexts etc.).
The course is organised as intensive seminar based on secondary literary sources and archival materials.
In spring semester 2018 is course focused on Milan Pásek in Divadlo bratří Mrštíků in 70. a 80.ties in last century.
Learning outcomes
students are able to reconstruct theatre production and analyse it in context
students are able to critically approach archival material
students understand style changes of modern directing
Syllabus
  • - introduction (who is Milan Pásek, what might be interesting?)
  • - Czech directing after 1945 - general orientation (trends, persons)
  • - first contextual mapping
  • - pretentation of partial (Pásk's contemporaries, development of MDB, paralel theatre activities in Brno, Prague etc.)
  • - reconstruction of selected performances
Literature
    required literature
  • Půlstoletí Městského divadla Brno (Variant.) : Půlstoletí Městského divadla v Brně : svědectví diváka, recenzenta, kritika a historika o životě jedné divadelní scény : [1945-1995]. info
  • JUST, Vladimír. Divadlo v totalitním systému : příběh českého divadla (1945-1989) nejen v datech a souvislostech. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2010, 679 s. ISBN 9788020017208. info
Teaching methods
lecture, presentation of partical issues, passionate discussion
Assessment methods
assesment is based on partial tasks given thougrh the whole semester
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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