DRTL108 Theory of Drama

Theatre Faculty
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Naďa Satková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Jan Gogola
Radio and TV Dramaturgy and Scriptwriting Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Radio and TV Dramaturgy and Scriptwriting Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Prerequisites
EVER( DRTZ108 Theory of Drama )
Partly seminar tutorial, supported by the recommended theoretical literature.
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
We will try to deal with the problematics of dramatic literature and its structure, (not only) because (of that) the teorethical thinging of drama is going with the theatre since antiquity.
Learning outcomes (in Czech)
Student bude po absolvování předmětu schopen:
- rozpoznat strukturu dramatu;
- pojmenovat čas a prostor dramatu;
- určit žánry dramatu;
- zabývat se jazykovými projevy a prvky dramatu;
Syllabus
  • - structure of a drama - time and space - genres - lingustical discourse and linguistial elements of drama
Literature
    required literature
  • Aristotelés: Poetika. info
  • LUKEŠ, Milan. Umění dramatu. Praha: Melantrich, 1987.
  • HOŘÍNEK, Zdeněk. Drama, divadlo, divák. Brno: JAMU, 2008 (a dotisk 2012).
    recommended literature
  • Caillois, R.: Hry a lidé. Maska a závrať. Praha 1998. info
  • Mukařovský, Jan: Monolog a dialog. In: Mukařovský, Jan: Studie II. Brno 2001, str. 89 - 115. Také in: Mukařovský, Jan: Studie z poetiky. Praha 1982, str. 208 - 229. info
  • Veltruský, J. Drama jako básnické dílo. Brno: Host, 1999. info
  • PROCHÁZKA, Miroslav. Znaky dramatu a divadla. Praha: Panorama, 1988.
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Ivo. Principia parodica. In Principia parodica. Praha: AMU Praha, 2007, 333 pp. ISBN 978-80-7331-082-0. info
Teaching methods
lectures with the seminary tutorials
Assessment methods
The eveluation avareges out the active participation and presentation of final dramaturgical analysis (as mentioned before).
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")
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2021, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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