Přednášky prof. Marvina Carlsona o základních otázkách divadla
Katedra divadelních studií Filosofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity vás srdečně zve na veřejné přednášky prof. Marvina Carlsona (The City University of New York)
Thinking about Theatre
od 19. do 22. května 2014 vždy od 14.00 hod. Brno, Gorkého 7, budova G - suterén, učebna G 01.
Přednášky se uskuteční v angličtině, potrvají 45-50 minut a budou doplněny diskusním seminářem.
Anotace
Theatre, in various forms, has been one of the major artistic forms around the world since the dawn of modern civilization. It has, moreover, provided a meeting ground and crucible for the other arts, utilizing dance, literature, music, painting, sculpture, and architecture. Indeed, every aspect of human activity and human culture can be and has been incorporated into the creation of this complex art. These lectures will present a compact overview of theatre in its various forms around the world, considering the various contributors to its creation, from the playwright through the directors, actors and designers, to the final co-creators of the theatre experience, the audience and the critics. It will also consider the placement and operations of theatre as a cultural form, laying out its relationships, both positive and negative, with religion and ritual, its connections, especially in modern theory and practice, with the broader field of performance, and especially within the Western tradition, the nature of its extremely close and in modern times somewhat troubled relationship with literature and the dramatic text.
19.5. What is theatre?: This introductory lecture will consider the concept of theatre in both senses, as a building and, more importantly, as a cultural art form. It will note that although modern theatre is a global form, it was developed within Europe, and thanks in large part to European colonialism, the European concept of this art still largely defines its image. The characteristics of that image will be briefly discussed, but the scope will still be global, and will outline the general history of this art form around the world.
20.5. Theatre and religion: Theatre or theatre-like activities have had a close relation with religion in many cultures and societies, and yet there is also a long tradition of religious suspicion of and outright condemnation of theatre. This lecture will consider the difference between ritual and theatre, the earliest known forms of ritual drama, the important connections between theatre and religious practice in certain periods and the antagonism between them in others.
21.5. Theatre and performance: The new discipline of performance studies in the late twentieth century explored the close relationship between the tradition of theatre and a wide variety of other social activity, including not only ritual, but sports and games, civic events, and many cultural and social formations. This lecture will move on from ritual to suggest something of range of other performative activity related to theatre and how the recent focus on theatre as performance has affected our understanding of this art.
22.5. Theatre and drama: This lecture will consider the relationship between the dramatic text and its realization on stage and how this relationship has varied in different cultures and historical periods. It will also discuss the complex matter of widely varying possible theatrical interpretations of the same dramatic work.
23.5. The makers of theatre: This lecture will consider the contributions to the art of theatre of the particular artists involved in its creation: the playwright, the actor, the director, and the various designers. It will also address the contributions of the audience and some of the implications of reception theory and modern production and publicity.
