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Course: Postwar Experimental Theatre

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Course title Postwar Experimental Theatre
Course code KDU/DRE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kubina Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content


Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Projection (static, dynamic), Group work
Learning outcomes
The lecture is focused on particular topics of the European theatre history in the first half of the 20th century. The lessons include tendencies in stage design, directing and acting.
After passing the course student can: - describe the essential breaking points in progress of theatre in the second half of the 20th century, - know the principal personalities and their works, - explain where is the essential change of theatre of these days and characterize its specifics.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam

The lecture is not compulsory. Writing exam, thematic knowledges and knowledge of a basic literature.
Recommended literature
  • ARONSON, Arnold. (2011). Americké avantgardní divadlo.. Praha.
  • BRECHT, Bertolt. (1963). Divadelní hry, sv. 1. Praha: Odeon.
  • DIDI-HUBERMAN, Georges. (2011). Obrazy ? navzdory všemu. In PETŘÍČEK, Miroslav, ed. Obraz jako montáž.. Svět a divadlo.
  • ESSLIN, Martin et al. (1966). Smysl nebo nesmysl?: groteskno v moderním dramatu.. Praha: Orbis.
  • ESSLIN, Martin. (1966). Podstata, tradice a smysl absurdního divadla. Praha: SPN.
  • FISCHER-LICHTE, Erika. (2003). Dejiny drámy: epochy identity v divadle od antiky po súčasnosť. Bratislava: Divadelný ústav.
  • Hlavica, Marek. (2008). Performanční studia. Brno.
  • KOVÁŘOVÁ, Klára. (2008). Posedlost divadlem/Evžen Sokolovský. Brno: JAMU.
  • Lehmann, Hans-Thies: . (2007). Postdramatické divadlo. . Bratislava .
  • Pörtner, P. (1965). Experimentální divadlo. Praha.
  • SCHNELLE, Barbora. (1998). Německé dokumentární drama a česká šedesátá léta. Divadelní revue, 1998, 9(1), s. 31-45.
  • SPURNÁ, Helena. (2004). Nástin vývoje inscenační praxe v operním divadle, in: SPURNÁ, Helena (ed.): Hudební divadlo jako výzva. Interdisciplinární texty.. Praha: Národní divadlo.
  • ŠTĚDROŇ, Petr. (2003). Německé vědomí a Židé. Svět a divadlo, 2003, 14(3), s. 64-73.
  • TRTÍLEK, Pavel. (2011). Specifika francouzského absurdního divadla.. Brno: Janáčkova akademie múzických umění.
  • TVRDÍK, Milan. (1987). Dramatická tvorba Petera Weisse. Praha: [s.n.].


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): Science of Arts (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theatre and Performance studies (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theatre and Performance studies (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 23.01.2026 23:53. Data created for academic year 2025/2026