FF:SAKS34 Mexican theatre - Course Information
SAKS34 Mexican theatre
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Daniel Vázquez Touriño, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D.
Center for North American Studies – Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Milada Malá, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Center for North American Studies – Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Tue 13:00–13:50 B2.32
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Prerequisites
- Registration isn't limited and any one can participate in the course, but the course is oriented to Master's degree students with a good competence in Spanish and knowledge of Latin America's history.
- 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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- North-American Culture Studies (programme FF, N-FI)
- Spanish Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
- Spanish Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
- Spanish Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
- Spanish Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Spanish Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
- Course objectives
- - Present the main works and movements of the 20th century mexican theatre. - Deepen the knowledge of Mexico's history. - Reflect on the relation between History and its artistical representation.
- Learning outcomes
- - Understand and characterize different ways of representing History through theatre, and explain its relation with the social and historical context in which is created. - Recognise the work of the most important 20th century mexican playwrights. - Reflect on the relation between History and its artistical representation.
- Syllabus
- 1: Historia es interpretación. Rodolfo Usigli: Corona de sombra. Flavio González Mello: 1822. Hayden White: The Historical Text as Literary Artifact. 2: Cambiar el sujeto de la Historia. Jorge Ibargüengoitia: El atentado. Vicente Leñero: El juicio. 3: Deconstrucción de la historia. El feminismo. Sabina Berman: Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda. Shannon Mignarelli: Tea for Two: Performing History and Desire in Sabina Berman's Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda 4: La historia en los cuerpos. Lagartijas tiradas al sol: El rumor del incendio. Taylor: The Archive and the repertoire.
- Literature
- required literature
- Sabina Berman: Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda
- Flavio González Mello: 1822
- Jorge Ibargüengoitia: El atentado
- Rodolfo Usigli: El gesticulador
- Vicente Leñero: El juicio
- WHITE, Hayden V. Tropics of discourse : essays in cultural criticism. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978, x, 287. ISBN 0801827418. info
- Teaching methods
- Individual readings. Debates and teamwork during the classes.
- Assessment methods
- - Personal written synthesis of each topic. - Written essay.
- Language of instruction
- Spanish
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2019, recent)
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