DIFA:DAALX05 History of Czech Theatre - Course Information

DAALX05 History of Czech Theatre

Extent and Intensity

2/0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Bajgarová (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Andrea Jochmanová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Silva Macková
Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts

Timetable

Thu 12:00–13:30 104

Prerequisites (in Czech)

EVER( DAAZX05 History of Czech Theatre )

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

• Audiovisual Creation and Theatre (programme DIFA, B-DRAUM)
• Audiovisual Creation and Theatre (programme DIFA, N-DRAUM)
• Dramatic Acting (programme DIFA, M-DRAUM)
• Theatre Directing (programme DIFA, B-DRAUM)
• Theatre Directing (programme DIFA, N-DRAUM)
• Theatre Dramaturgy (programme DIFA, B-DRAUM)
• Theatre Dramaturgy (programme DIFA, N-DRAUM)
• Theatre Management focusing on management and technology (programme DIFA, B-DRAUM)
• Theatre Management focusing on Production (programme DIFA, N-DRAUM)
• Theatre Management focusing on production management (programme DIFA, B-DRAUM)
• Theatre and Education (programme DIFA, N-DRAUM)
• Drama in Education (programme DIFA, B-DRAUM)
• Physical Theater (programme DIFA, B-DRAUM)
• Stage Technology (programme DIFA, B-DRAUM)
• Musical Acting (programme DIFA, M-DRAUM)
• Stage Design (programme DIFA, B-DRAUM)
• Stage Design (programme DIFA, N-DRAUM)

Course objectives

Orientation in history of Czech theatre. Ability to characterize fundamental tendencies in development of Czech theatre in social context. Ability to analyse dramatic texts in context of theatre staging practices of each period.

Syllabus

• Situation of Czech Theatre within the Newly Established Czechoslovakia
• Birth and Transformations of Czech Theatre Avantgarde in the 1920s
• Anti-war Tendencies in Czech Theatre of the 1930s
• Czech Theatre in the World War 2
• Post-war Czech Theatre before the Communist Coup
• Theatre as an Ideological Tool of the Czechoslovak Communist Party
• Czech Theatre in the period of the so-called "Golden Sixties"
• Czech Theatre in the Times of the so-called "Normalization"
• Czech Theatre after 1989

Literature

required literature
• Československá vlastivěda IX., sv. 4 Umění Divadlo. Praha: Horizont, 1970. info
• CÍSAŘ, Jan. Přehled dějin českého divadla. Praha: AMU, 2006. info
• JUST, Vladimír. Divadlo v totalitním systému. Příběh českého divadla (1945–1989) a nejen v datech a souvislostech. Praha: Academia, 2010. info
• Karel Čapek: Loupežník, RUR, Matka
• Karel a Josef Čapkové: Ze života hmyzu
• Fráňa Šrámek: Léto
• František Langer: Periferie
• Vítězslav Nezval: Milenci z kiosku, Manon Lescaut
• Jan Werich a Jiří Voskovec: Vest pocket revue, César
• Vašek Káňa: Parta brusiče Karhana
• František Hrubín: Srpnová neděle
• Pavel Kohout: Taková láska, Ubohý vrah
• Václav Havel: Zahradní slavnost, Vyrozumění, Audience
• Milan Uhde: Král Vávra
• Jiří Suchý a Jiří Šlitr: Jonáš a ting tangl
• Josef Topol: Konec masopustu, Kočka na kolejích
• Milan Kundera: Ptákovina
• Ladislav Smoček: Podivné odpoledne doktora Zvonka Burkeho
• Daniela Fischerová: Hodina mezi psem a vlkem
• Ivan Vyskočil: Haprdáns
• Karel Steigerwald, Dobové tance
• Arnošt Goldflam, Písek /Tak dávno…/
• Lenka Lagronová, Terezka
• Petr Zelenka: Příběhy obyčejného šílenství

Teaching methods

Lecture. Analysis of selected dramatic texts. Discussion.

Assessment methods

Exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Information on course enrolment limitations: Pro úspěšný zápis předmětu si zaregistrujte též odpovídající předmět v zimním semestru (podle předpokladu "EVER")

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