DIFA:DAAZX62 Roots of European culture - Course Information

DAAZX62 Roots of European culture

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts

Timetable

Thu 8:30–10:00 104

Prerequisites

Inceptive knowledge of European history and literature, knowledge of same Shakespeare´s drama.

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 Production (programme DIFA, N-DRAUM)
• Theatre and Education (programme DIFA, N-DRAUM)
• Musical Acting (programme DIFA, M-DRAUM)
• Radio and TV Dramaturgy and Scriptwriting (programme DIFA, N-DRAUM)

Course objectives

The course is an introduction into the Shakespearian drama and its artistic achievement, analysing closely his plays from different view-points in terms of their genre, subject, story, ethics, characters, situation, theatre-history, art-techniques and religion.

Learning outcomes

Knowlege of the selected Shakespeare´s plays.
Ability to analyze and to interpret those plays in their cultural and historical context, as well as to tranfer their inner artistic values creatively out of it and to modify them for a contemporary viewer.

Syllabus

• The list of the selected plays is wider, but four of them are constantly taught and referred to: Romeo and Juliet (for tragedies), Henry V. (for history plays), Much Ado about Nothing (for comedies) and All´s Well that Ends Well (for the problem plays and romances). Many different aspects of the plays are put under scrutiny - questions of the early modern history, religion, ethics, politics, psychology, art and theatre.

Literature

• BROOK, P.: Evoking Shakespeare. info
• Hilský, M.: Shakespeare a jeviště svět. Praha 2010. info
• Hodek, B.: William Shakespeare : kronika hereckého života. Praha 1971 (2. vyd. 1994). info
• Honan, P.: Shakespeare : životopis. Praha 2011. info
• Chudoba, F. Kniha o Shakespearovi. 2 sv. Praha 1941 - 1943. info
• OSOLSOBĚ, Petr. Umění a ctnost. Barrister, Brno 2013.

Teaching methods

Close reading of the plays together with the Czech translation; analysis, and discussion.

Assessment methods

written test and oral colloquium

Language of instruction

Czech

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