UBK10102 History of the world theatre I/2

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Dr. Alice Olmová Jarnotová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Hasan Zahirović, Ph.D.
Institute of The Czech Language and Library Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Lectures reflect history of the theatre from the Middle Ages througt Italian renaissance, Elizabethan theatre, Spanish Golden Age theatre to the developemen commedia dell' arte. The aim of the course is to introduce students to the history of world theatre in a variety of historical and cultural context Students should have a broad understanding of the dramatic forms and theatre conventions.
Syllabus
  • 1. European theatre and drama in the Middle Ages. The medieval religious theatre and liturgical drama (Christmas plays, Easter plays, Passion plays, The Mysteries, Mystery play and other genres). Set design and staging conventions in religious theatre. European authors of religious drama (Jacopone da Todi, Jean Bodel, Arnoul Gréban).
    2. The medieval secular theatre, genres of secular drama (farces, sottie, morality play, pastorals), the chief representatives. Set design and staging conventions in secular theatre.
    3. Italian Renaissance theatre and his sub-categories, styles and forms. Drama genres (commedia erudita, the chief representatives, tragedy, pastorals, intermezzi).
    4. The birth of opera in late Renaissance Italy. The Florentine Camerata (Rinuccini, Peri), the earliest Italian operas. The Venetian school of opera (Claudio Monteverdi and others representatives). The Neapolitan school of opera (Alessandro Scarlatti).
    5. The development of stage design in Renaissance Italy. The chief representatives, theatre architecture, stage machinery and special-effects equipment.
    6. The birth of commedia dell' arte. Characters, themes and scenarios, commedia dell' arte in performance.
    7. English Renaissance theatre: from early Tudor drama to Elizabethan theatre. Playing companies and the actor in the English Renaissance theatre. Theatrical life and the establishment of permanent theatres (public and private playhouses). Staging conventions.
    8. The drama before Shakespeare (John Lyly, George Peele, Robert Greene). Times of Shakespeare and his rivals (Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood). Shakespeare's followers (Thomas Middleton, John Webster, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher).
    9. Spanish Golden Age theatre. Set design and staging conventions in the theatre of Renaissance Spain.
    10. Playwrights of Spanish Golden Age theatre. Lope de Vega's s predecessors (Fernando de Rojas, Juan del Encina, Gil Vicente, Lope de Rueda, Miguel Cervantes). Lope de Vega a Tirso de Molina. Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
Literature
    required literature
  • BLAHNÍK, V. K.:. Světové dějiny divadla. Praha 1929. info
  • STEHLÍKOVÁ, E.:. A co když je to divadlo? Praha, 1998. info
  • BEJBLÍK, A.- HORNÁT, J.- LUKEŠ, M.:. Alžbětinské divadlo. Praha 1978-1985, 3 sv. info
  • BUKÁČEK, J.:. Carlo Goldoni. Osobnost a doba. Praha 1957. info
  • BERNARD, J.- KOPECKÝ, J.:. Co je divadlo. Praha 1983. info
  • BROCKETT, O. G.:. Dějiny divadla. Praha: Lidové nakladatelství 1999. info
  • MOUSSIGNAC, L.:. Divadlo od počitku po naše dni. Bratislava 1965. info
  • BENEDETTO, M.:. Divadlo podle módy. Praha 1970. info
  • MIKEŠ, V.:. Divadlo španělského zlatého věku. Praha 1995. info
  • KAZDA, J.:. Kapitoly z dějin divadla. Jinočany: H+H 1998. info
  • CHUDOBA, F.:. Kniha o Shakespearovi. Praha 1941, 2 sv. info
  • BRETT, V.:. Moliere, Praha 1975. info
  • FURTENBACH, J.:. Prospektiva. Praha 1944. info
  • POKORNÝ, J.:. Shakespearova doba a divadlo. Praha 1958. info
  • KOTT, J.:. Shakespearovské črty. Praha 1964. info
  • DIGRIN, Z.:. Slovník světových dramatiků. Italští autoři. Praha 1983. info
  • BĚLIC, O.:. Stručné dějiny španělského dramatu. Skripta FFUK, Praha 1980. info
  • ČERNÝ, V.:. Středověká dráma. Bratislava 1964. info
  • HODEK, B.:. Wiliam Shakespeare. Praha 1994. info
  • KRATOCHVÍL, K.:. Ze světa komedie dell'arte. Praha 1987. info
Teaching methods
Monological (reading, lecture, briefing)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
1. Participation on lectures.
2. List of the dramas which a student read (10 titles from this period).
3. Completion of the final oral / or written exam over the period discussed.
Lecturer contact: Mgr. Pavla Bergmannová - pavla.bergmannova@fpf.slu.cz, bergmannova@hotmail.com
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 1994, Summer 1995, Summer 1996, Summer 1997, Summer 1998, Summer 1999, Summer 2000, Summer 2001, Summer 2002, Summer 2003, Summer 2004, Summer 2005, Summer 2007, Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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