Course: Contemporary tendencies in theatre

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Course title Contemporary tendencies in theatre
Course code KDU/ATD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hanáčková Andrea, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kubartová Eliška, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Pavlišová Jitka, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Bernátek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kubina Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course is taught in modules: in the first half of the semester, every Thursday from 17 February to 24 March 2022. The cycle is divided into six separate teaching blocks taught by Czech and foreign experts on the given topics. The individual thematic blocks will be divided into a lecture and a follow-up seminar. The content and topics of individual lectures and seminars in the summer semester 2022 will be specified in the course moodle at the beginning of the semester.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Attendace - 2 hours per semester
  • Excursion - 1 hour per semester
  • Semestral Work - 2 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The lecture series focuses on the most current trends in contemporary theatre practice, as well as on key themes and issues explored in contemporary theatre studies. Emphasis is placed especially on exploring theatre art in the context of interdisciplinary, intermedia and intercultural overlap. It mainly reflects on the latest foreign theatre-performative productions and forms of their reflection and seeks to characterize and contextualize them in relation to current theatre studies theories.

Prerequisites
The lecture is not conditioned with another course.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Student performance, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary), Seminar Work

Students actively participate in lectures and seminar discussions. Learners will be required to prepare for individual classes as instructed by the instructors. Students will finish the course by discussing the seminar paper, which they will send 7 days before the colloquium. The seminar paper must have the requirements of a scholarly text of 10 ns (coherent formulation of ideas, abstract, use of Czech and foreign literature). It is recommended to consult the topic of the text with the lecturers in advance.
Recommended literature
  • ARONSON, Arnold (ed.). (2017). The Routledge Companion to Scenography. Oxon, New York: Routledge, 2017. Part II: Scenographic theory and Criticism, p. 79?181.. Oxon, New York: Routledge.
  • ARONSON, Arnold. (2007). Pohled do propasti: eseje o scénografii.. Praha: Divadelní ústav.
  • HEMKE, Rolf, C (Hg.). Theater im arabischen Sprachraum/ Theatre in the Arab World. Recherchen 104. Berlin: Theater der Zeit.
  • JUNGMANNOVÁ, Lenka. (2014). Příběhy obyčejných šílenství: "Nová vlna" české dramatiky po roce 1989. Praha: Akropolis.
  • KUBUROVIĆ, Branislava a LOTKER, Sodja (ed.). (2018). Shared space: music, weather, politics: new approaches to scenography: Prague Quadrennial 2015e, p. 46?71. Prague: Arts and Theatre Institut.
  • KUNST, Bojana. (2015). Artist at Work: Proximity of Art and Capitalism.
  • KUPPERS, Petra. (2001). Deconstructing Images: Performing Disability, "Contemporary Theatre Review", Nr. 11.
  • MALZACHER, Florian. (2017). Feeling Alive: The Performative potential of curating. In: MALZACHER, Florian a WARSZA, Joanna (ed.) Empty Stages, Crowded Flats Performativity as Curatorial Strategy. Berlin: Alexander Verlag, p. 28?41.. Berlin: Alexander Verlag.
  • MITCHELL, David T, SNYDER, Sharon L. (2015). Disability as Multitude: Reworking Non-productive Labor Power. In The biopolitics of Disability: Neoliberalism, Ablenationalism, and Peripheral Embodiment.. The University of Michigan Press.
  • PŘÍHODOVÁ, Barbora. (2011). A po listopadu 1989. In PTÁČKOVÁ, Věra, PŘÍHODOVÁ, Barbora a RYBÁKOVÁ, Simona. Český divadelní kostým ? Czech Theatre Costume, s. 169?232.. Praha: Pražská scéna.
  • PTÁČKOVÁ, Věra. (2008). Divadlo na konci světa. Kapitola V. Akční scénografie, s. 224?259.. Pražská scéna, 2008.
  • STANKIEWICZ, Tereza. (2015). Who is the dramaturg in devised theatre? In: ROMANSKA, magda (ed.). The Routledge Companion to Dramaturgy.. Abingdon: Routledge.
  • Vrbková, Jitka. (2019). Teatr 21: divadlo herců se specifickými možnostmi. "Divadelní revue", č. 2.
  • ZDEŇKOVÁ, Marie. (2003). Czech made: současná česká scénografie: = Contemporary Czech stage design.. Praha: Divadelní ústav.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theatre Studies (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theatre Studies (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Film, Theatre, TV and Radio Studies (2017) Category: Theory and history of arts 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -