Contemporary Theatre of the Western Culture 1

Tutor:

Daniela JOBERTOVÁ, Martina SCHLEGELOVÁ

Synopsis:

The seminar focuses on familiarization with the most important contemporary Euroamerican theatrical tendencies. Besides direct individual experience with foreign theatre, it uses video recordings, foreign language dramatic texts and, of course, texts existing in Czech translation.

Prerequisites:

- participation in the seminar (2 absences per semester are tolerated);

- continuous preparation and active work in the seminar;

- 1 report during the semester

- final term paper

Study Objectives:

The seminar's goal is to familiarize students with contemporary European theatrical or dramatic creation, especially with that which is based on entirely different traditions from the theatrical culture of Central Europe of the Czech Republic and is therefore neglected by Czech dramaturgy. The emphasis is mainly on work with texts that break with traditional dramatic categories and are hard to grasp with the tools of classic dramaturgical analysis. An integral part of the seminar is reflection on differing views of the dramatic or theatricality in various (European) cultures.

Outline and Syllabus:

Specialization in French drama and theatre; main topics:

1. French drama and theatre in the 2nd half of the 20th century - general introduction

2. Process of theatrical decentralization in the 1950s and its consequences

3. Women authors: Marguerite Duras and Nathalie Sarraut

4. Theatre of the everyday: Michel Vinaver

5. Generation of directors: Antoine Vitez, Roger Planchon, Patrice Chéreau, Jacques Lassalle etc.

6. The phenomenon of the Comédie-Francaise - history and the present

7. 1968, 1970s and collective creation: the case of Ariane Mnouchkin

8. Peter Brook in Bouffes du Nord: from Shakespeare to Shakespeare

(Information about other language areas - Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland - these will be covered successively in other lectures in cooperation with guest experts.)

9. Aesthetic of monologue and fragment in contemporary French drama: Philippe Minyana

10. The phenomenon of Bernard-Marie Koltes and the renaissance of dramatic dialogue

Study materials:

Basic information:

O. Brockett, Dějiny divadla

Technical literature for the given language area:

Articles in technical journals (SAD, Disk, Divadelní noviny)

University these (bachelor's, master's, doctoral)

Studies printed in symposia (e.g. FF MU)

Foreign language literature (e.g. Michel Vinaver, Le Compte-rendu d´Avignon etc.)

Theatrical plays: concrete texts are chosen at the start of each semester).

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2008/2009:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	místnost K225 Pracovna pedagogů () SCHLEGELOVÁ M. 09:00–10:30 (paralelka 1)
Fri
Thu
Fri

Schedule for summer semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený bakalářský teorie a kritika (compulsory subject)