History of the theater 1

Academic year: 2007-2008 Course code module FLWTLT0030 Semester: 1st semester Credits: 4 Study load (hours) 112 Theory (hours): 30,00 Practice/Exercises(hours): Other (hours): Part-time program: 1/2 Instructor(s) Hubert Meeus Language of instruction: Dutch Semester exam information: semester exam in January Contract restriction information: 1. Prerequisites *Algemene competenties *Sequentiality 2. Objectives (expected learning outcomes) The course is designed to provide students with the basic concepts of theater and dramaturgy from a historical context. The course aims to give students a clear insight into the most important evolutions in Western theater from antiquity to the eigtheenth century. 3. Course content This course will examine the ¿theater¿ in the broad context of society by surveying major critical works from the antiquity (Greece and Rome) and in Western-Europe during the Middle-Ages and the early modern age. By focusing on structural analysis and performance-centered criticism of diverse plays in context, this course will engage students in dramaturgy. Some of the key focal points will be: the literary aspects, drama theory, stage-managing, theater, status of the actors, spectacle, the public, the social context and related phenomena like pageantry, theater as a means of propaganda and as a reflection of society and politics. 4. Teaching method Direct contact: Lectures 5. Assessment method Exam: Oral, with written preparation Closed book Open questions 6. Compulsory reading – study material Syllabus by  the professor available at Universitas - Aeschyles, Sophokles, Euripides, Greek Tragedy. Paperback Penguin Classsic 2004 (ISBN 014143936X) - Aristotle Poetics. Edited and translated by Malcolm Heath. Penguin Classic, 1996 (ISBN 0140446362) - Lanseloet van Denemerken. Een abel spel. Bezorgd door Hans van Dijk. Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press, 1995 (ISBN 90 5356 146 3) - W. Shakespeare, Othello. Ed. by E.A.J. Honigmann. Paperback Arden Shakespeare.London 2003 (ISBN: 1 90343 645 1) - J. Racine, Phèdre. Larousse Petits classiques. Paris, 1998. (ISBN 2-03-871682-X) - Michiel de Swaen, De gekroonde laars. Een vastenavondspel. Vertaald en toegelicht door Hubert Meeus. (Griffioen reeks) Amsterdam, Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 2003. ISBN 90 253 4979 X 7. Recommended reading - study material - Een theatergeschiedenis der Nederlanden. Tien eeuwen drama en theater in Nederland en Vlaanderen. Onder hoofdredactie van R.L. Erenstein. Amsterdam 1996. - O.G. Brockett & F.J. Hildy, History of the Theatre.Boston a.o., 2003 - A. Nicoll (red.), World drama. From Aeschylus to Anouilh. London, 1976. 8. Tutoring laatste aanpassing: last update: 21/09/2007 00:09 hubert.meeus