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Lecturer(s)
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Kubartová Eliška, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Programme of the lecture: Introduction Beginnings of theatre (mimesis, cult, ritual) Ancient theatre (creation of drama, theatre space) Greek tragedy and comedy (Aischylos, Sofoklés, Euripidés, Aristofanés) Roman theatre and drama (Plautus, Terentius, Seneca, Roman mime) Medieval theatre (liturgical plays, mysteries and miracles) Secular theatre and medieval theatre space Renaissance theatre (changes of theatre space) Italian "commedia erudita"(L. Ariosto, N. Macchiavelli, G. Bruno) Birth of "commedie dell´arte"(theatre of types) Ehglish Elizabeth's theatre ( theatre space, societys, english masques) W. Shakespeare (his predecessors and followers) Theatre in Spain from the 16th till 17the century
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic)
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to introduce the crucial tendencies, phenomena, events and personalities in the history of theatre and performance culture from the beginning to 1400. The major issues discussed in the course is the relationship between text and performance; the relationship between theatre and ritual outside the institutionalized theatre in the pre-modern cultures; the genres; economic transactions; and the power relations in the Antiquity, Middle Ages and the beginning of the Pre-Modern Era. The course is taught as a lecture and home reading.
Student obtains knowledge about the crucial European theatre and drama evolution eras, including knowledge of continuity in theatre evolution. Student is able to define the relationship between society and theatre in individul eras and is able to describe the historical changes in staging and scenography, including the infuence on drama and acting style. Student knows chronologicaly the individual tendencies and genres through the historical forms of theatre, including the changes of theatrical space and is able to characterize its functions and significance.
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Prerequisites
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No prerequisites. Basic knowledge of the European theatre epochs including drama.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark, Oral exam
Oral examination testing the knowledge of information from the lectures and the plays.
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Recommended literature
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Druhá pastýřská hra.
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Everyman.
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Fraška o kádi.
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Visitatio sepulchri svatojiřského kláštera.
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Aristophanes. Lysistrate.
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Eva Stehlíková. (2005). Antické divadlo. Praha.
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HILSKÝ, Martin. (2010). Shakespeare a jeviště svět. Praha.
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Hroswitha. Dulcitius.
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Moliere. Misantrop.
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N. Machiavelli. Mandragora.
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Plautus. Lišák Pseudolus.
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SENECA. Faidra.
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SHAKESPEARE, William. Večer tříkrálový.
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Sofoklés. Antigona.
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STEHLÍKOVÁ, Eva. (2005). Divadlo za časů Nerona a Seneky. Praha.
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Zarrilli, Phillip B. (2006). Theatre Histories. An Introduction. New York/London.
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