DISB027 Czech Theatre Studies' Personalities

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/5. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 G01, except Wed 17. 4.
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
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Course objectives
The course is dealing with overview on key figures of Czech theatrology. Special attention is given to contextualisation, relation of theory to theatre praxis and close reading of chosen source texts.

The course is held in Czech.
Learning outcomes

At the end of the course student will be able to:
- elaborate on main Czech theatre studies' personalities
- put them in social nad historical context;
- explain the most important directions of reasoning about theatre;
- understand academic theatre studies' texts.
Syllabus
  • Origins of Czech theatrology
  • Durdík and Hostinský
  • Context of Zich's Easthetics of dramatic arts
  • Structuralistc approach (Mukařovský, Veltruský, Honzl, Bogatyrjev, Burian, Frejka)
  • Ivo Osolsobě
  • Miroslav Procházka
Literature
    recommended literature
  • HOSTINSKÝ, Otakar. Umění a společnost. V Praze: J. Otto, 1907, 107 s. URL info
  • HOSTINSKÝ, Otakar. Epos a drama. Edited by Ferdinand Strejček. V Praze: F. Topič, 1911, 61 s. info
  • HOSTINSKÝ, Otakar. Bedřich Smetana a jeho boj o moderní českou hudbu : vzpomínky a úvahy. Edited by Bohuslav Hostinský. 2., dopl. vyd. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1941, 502 s. URL info
  • HOSTINSKÝ, Otakar. Studie a kritiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1974, 546 s. URL info
  • MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Kapitoly z české poetiky. D. 1, Obecné věci básnictví. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Svoboda, 1948, 349 s. info
  • MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Kapitoly z české poetiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1948, 325 s. URL info
  • MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Kapitoly z české poetiky. D. 2, K vývoji české poesie a prózy. Vyd. 2., dopl., ve Svobodě 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1948, 446 s. info
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Ivo. Ostenze, hra, jazyk : sémiotická studie. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2002, 398 s. ISBN 8072940767. info
  • VELTRUSKÝ, Jiří. Drama jako básnické dílo. Edited by Ivo Osolsobě. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 1999, 168 s. ISBN 8086055604. info
  • VELTRUSKÝ, Jiří. Příspěvky k teorii divadla. Translated by Kateřina Hilská. 1. vyd. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 1994, 270 s. ISBN 8070080469. info
  • ZICH, Otakar. Estetika dramatického umění : teoretická dramaturgie. 2. vyd., (v Panoramě 1.). Praha: Panorama, 1986, 412 s. info
  • ZICH, Otakar. Estetika dramatického umění : teoretická dramaturgie. V Praze: Melantrich, 1931, 408 s. info
Teaching methods
lecture, individual reading
Assessment methods
Final essay, written test. Pass-fail line is 70%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in three years.
Teacher's information
http://divadlo.phil.muni.cz/
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
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