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Course: Contemporary Trends in Theatre Theory

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Course title Contemporary Trends in Theatre Theory
Course code KDU/STTRD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
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)
  • Pavlišová Jitka, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Hanáčková Andrea, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction (Martin Bernátek, Jitka Pavlišová) Transformation of drama into theatrical text (JP) Concepts of interculturalism/transculturalism I. (JP) Concepts of interculturalism/transculturalism II. (JP) Theatre studies after performative turn (MB) Contemporary anthropological, sociological and psychological concepts of theatre and performance (MB) Contemporary media concepts of theatre and intermediality (MB) Contemporary concepts of body and physicality (JP) Cognitive approach in theatre and performance studies (JP) Contemporary structural approach to theatre and performance and semiotics I. (MB) Contemporary structural approach to theatre and performance and semiotics II. (MB) Contemporary theatre and performance theory in Czech journals (MB, JP) Conclusion (MB, JP)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Demonstration
  • Attendace - 2 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 2 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce selected approaches discussed in the contemporary theatre-theoretical discourse. Students will learn to formulate their ideas in postdramatic theatre, performance studies and staging aspects of theater and contemporary structural approach to performance analysis. Besides that, they will study how issues of interculturalism, intermediality and politics of body are related to theatre and performance studies. This course is taught in Czech language.
Student will be able to: - characterise or reflect contemporary theatre and performance theory, - reflect of contemporary situation in theatre and performance and dance, - discuss problems in contemporary staging practice and its analysis, - discuss how theatrical concepts and notion of performativity is used in social sciences and humanities.
Prerequisites
The knowledge of crucial terms from the area of theatre theory and so called classical theories. Completed courses: Introduction to theatre studies, Introduction to theatre theory 1, Introduction to theatre theory 2.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Student performance

Pass the final exam, to prove the knowledge of the themes explained during the lectures and the knowledge of basic literature. Active participation on seminar, preparation of preposition papers from scholarly texts.
Recommended literature
  • AUSLANDER, Philip. (1999). Liveness: performance in a mediatized culture.. London.
  • BAY-CHENG, Sarah, KATTENBELT, Chiel, LAVENDER, Andy a NELSON, Robin (eds.). (2010). Mapping Intermediality in Performance. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
  • BHABHA, Homi K. (2012). O mimikry a lidech. In Týž. Místa kultury. Praha: Tranzit.
  • CARLSON, Marvin. (2006). Dejiny divadelných teórií. Bratislava: Divadelný ústav.
  • CARLSON, Marvin. (2018). Performance: a critical introduction. London, New York: Routledge.
  • CARNEVALI, Davide. (2017). Is there a postdamatic drama? (About fable and the representation of world) In: JOBERTOVÁ, Daniela, JIŘÍK, Jan a AUGUSTOVÁ, Zuzana (eds.). Horizonty evropského dramatu: Současný divadelní text mezi dramatickými a postdramatickými tendencemi. Praha: NAMU.
  • FIEBACH, Joachim. (2005). Zamyšlení nad teatralitou. In: ROUBAL, Jan. Souřadnice a kontexty divadla: antologie současné německé divadelní teorie.. Praha: Divadelní ústav.
  • FICHER-LICHTE, Erika, RILEY, Josephine a GISSENWEHRERG, Michael. (1990). The Dramatic Touch of Difference. Theatre, Own and Foreign.. Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag.
  • FISCHER-LICHTE, Erika, JOST, Torsten, IRIS JAIN,Saskya (eds.). (2014). The Politics of Interweaving Performance Cultures. Beyond Postcolonialism. London, New York: Routledge.
  • FISCHER-LICHTE, Erika, JOST, Torsten, IRIS JAIN,Saskya (eds.). (2005). Vnímání a mediálnost. In: ROUBAL, Jan. Souřadnice a kontexty divadla: antologie současné německé divadelní teorie. Praha: Divadelní ústav.
  • FISCHER-LICHTE, Erika. (2014). The Routledge Introduction to Theatre and Performance Studies. London, New York: Routledge.
  • GIL, José. (2006). Paradoxical Body. The Drama Review, 50(4), 21?35..
  • HAVLÍČKOVÁ KYSOVÁ, Šárka. (2015). Metafory, kterými hrajeme: perspektivy a meze české kognitivní teatrologie..
  • HRIEŠIK, Maja. (2012). Telesnosť súčasného divadla. State o dramaturgii tela v súčasnom tanci a divadle. Bratislava: CODE.
  • JOVIĆEVIĆ, Aleksandra. (2012). Čo je kulturálna a čo umelecká performancia: Od bežných každodenných vystúpení k totálnému herectvu. In: JOVIĆEVIĆ, Aleksandra a VUJANOVIĆ, Ana. Úvod do performatívných štúdií.. Bratislava: Divadelný ústav.
  • JOVIĆEVIĆ, Aleksandra. (2012). Performatívne telá. In: JOVIĆEVIĆ, Aleksandra a VUJANOVIĆ, Ana. Úvod do performatívných štúdií. Bratislava: Divadelný ústav.
  • LEHMANN, Hans-Thies. (2007). Postdramatické divadlo. Bratislava: Divadelný ústav.
  • LEPECKI, André (ed.). (2004). Of the presence of the body: essays on dance and performance theory. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press.
  • MEERZON, Yana. (2013). Zpátky do budoucnosti- Současné strukturalistické tendence v analýze divadla a performance. Divadelní revue, 24(3), 26?40..
  • PAVIS, Patrice. (2012). Semiology after semiology: in memory of Anne Ubersfeld. Theatralia: revue současného myšlení o divadelní kultuře, 15(2), 37?49..
  • PAVLIŠOVÁ, Jitka. (2010). Vývojové tendence současné rakouské dramatiky po roce 2000. Brno.
  • SERESS, Ákos. (2012). Playing with Blends. Theatre Studies and Cognitive Turn. Apertúra [online]. Podzim 2012 [cit 21.8.2108]..
  • SCHECHNER, Richard. (2009). Od rituálu k divadlu a späť: prepletenie účelnosti a zábavy. In: týž. Performancia: teorie, praktiky, rituály.. Bratislava: Divadelný ústav.
  • SOFIA, Gabriele. (2010). Divadlo jako živý systém. Neurovědy, biologie a komplexita při studiu vztahu mezi hercem a divákem. Divadelní revue, 21(1), 53?67..
  • VELTRUSKÝ, Jiří. (2012). An approach to the semiotics of theatre: with an afterword by Tomáš Hoskovec, and with a complete scholarly bibliography of the author. Veltrusky, Jarmila (ed.).. Brno: Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University.


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 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Theatre Studies (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 30.10.2025 23:58. Data created for academic year 2025/2026