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Lecturer(s)
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Kubartová Eliška, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Pavlišová Jitka, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Bernátek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Kubina Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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In the Winter Term 2023, the course is taught by Eliška Kubartová. 1-2. Introduction: cultural performances, theatricality, medieval culture 3.-4. Liturgy as drama, liturgy as performance 5.-6. The Old Bohemian "Ointment Seller" and the Feast of Fools 7.-8. Royal coronation and wedding 9.-10. Medieval preaching and the laments of the Virgin Mary 11.-12. Folk festivals and customs
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
- Homework for Teaching
- 1 hour per semester
- Attendace
- 2 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 25 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 38 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 12 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Theatre Without the Stage: Medieval Performance and Drama The aim of the course is to introduce medieval theatre and performative culture as a continuum and to show, through the examples of coronation and royal wedding, the main liturgical festivals of Christmas and Easter, preaching or carnivalesque, how the Middle Ages can be viewed through concepts such as spectator/performer/actor, script, scenography and performance/stage space, props, interaction, autopoietic feedback loop, etc.
The students will be able to: - employ standard terms used in performance theories, - describe the intertwining of political, social and cultural history in the given era and its performative aspects, - respond knowledgeably, appreciatively and critically to selected significant theatrical and performative practices of the Middle Ages and relate them to contemporary socio-cultural context, - analyze theatrical and performative practices of the time, employing concepts such as role, mask, drama, script, stage and backstage, impression management, autopoetic loop, kinesthetic spectatorship, etc.
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Prerequisites
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The course is taught in English.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Student performance
- Regular attendance (min. 70%) - Home work (reading texts in English, max. of 5 pgs/week) - Oral exam (in English or Czech): discussion of a selected text based on a mind map created by the student
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Recommended literature
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BALME, Christopher B. et al. (2017). A Cultural History of Theatre, I?VI.. London.
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Eliška Poláčková. Verbum caro factum est. Performativita bohemikální literatury 14. století pohledem divadelní vědy.
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FISCHER-LICHTE, Erika. (2014). The Routledge Introduction to Theatre and Performance Studies. London, New York: Routledge.
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Max Harris. The Feast of Fools.
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Richard McCall. Do This. Liturgy as Performance.
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Stevenson, Jill. (2010). Performance, Cognitive Theory, and Devotional Culture: Sensual Piety in Late Medieval York.. Palgrave Macmillan.
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