DKSZ214 Theatre and madness

Theatre Faculty
Winter 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pierre Nadaud, Ph.D.
Physical Theatre Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Physical Theatre Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Prerequisites
Students will know at the beggining of the course prescribed dramas and secondary readings.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will be able to analyse phenomenon of maddnes in drama from differenct perspectives: as thema and motive; as dramaturgical problem; in wider antropological and philosophical context.
Syllabus
  • Course will be divided into three working areas:
  • - madness as theme and motive in drama
  • We will discuss following plays:
  • Aischylos: Oresteia
  • Euripides: Orestes, Herakles, Bakchae
  • Shakespeare: Hamlet, Lear
  • Büchner: Vojcek
  • Williams: Streetcar named Desire
  • Kane: Psychosis 4.48
  • - madness as antropological and philosophical issue
  • Than we will discusee following texts:
  • Nietzche: Birth of tragedy
  • Foucault: Madness and Civilisation
  • Artaud: všechny dostupné texty v češtině
  • Deleuze: Thousands Plateaus (chosen parts)
  • - madness in performance
  • Knowlegde will be then applied to chosen performances (list will be added at the begining of the course).
Literature
  • FOUCAULT, Michel. Dějiny šílenství v době osvícenství :hledání historických kořenů pojmu duševní choroby. Translated by Věra Dvořáková. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1994. 209 s. ISBN 80-7106-085-2.
  • FOUCAULT, Michel. Zrození kliniky. Translated by Jan Havlíček - Čestmír Pelikán. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2010. 244 s. ISBN 9788087378298.
  • NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Zrození tragédie : z ducha hudby. Translated by Otokar Fischer. Praha: Gryf, 1993. 81 s.
  • ARTAUD, Antonin. Heliogabalus, aneb, Korunovaný anarchista ; Tarahumarové ; Tři přednášky v Mexiku ; Van Gogh, zasebevražděný společností ; Skoncovat s božím soudem ; Divadlo krutosti
  • ARTAUD, Antonin. Dopisy z Rodez (Přít.) : Lettres de Rodez (Orig.) : Surrealistické texty ; Dopisy z Rodez ; Přisluhovači trýzně.
  • ARTAUD, Antonin. Texty [Artaud, 1995-]. V Praze: Herrmann & synové, 1995.
  • Deleuze: Tisíc plošin. ISBN 9788087054253.
Teaching methods
seminar discussion, presentations
Assessment methods
Evalation is based on work in seminar and essay on proposed topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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