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Myths of North American Native People as a Source of Topics for Drama and Education
Kalinová, Karolina ; Machková, Eva (advisor) ; Valenta, Josef (referee)
This diploma thesis aims for the myths topic of the North American native people which are suitable to use in the drama and education. At the beginnings it instils the myths of the North American native people to the wider context of the native people thinking and to the universal mythology. It deals with the magical thinking, rituals and myths of the native nations. Further describes the way of thinking and the religious imaginings of the North American native people. The heart of the graduation thesis is to analyse of several concrete myths and proposal of the dramatic lesson outgoing from one?s of the construe myths. The single analysis contains the summary of the myth, the schedule of the theme and the suggestion how we can use it in the drama and education. The appendices include brief annotation of books containing the North American myths and popularly instructive publications concerning with the life style of the North American native people; other examples of the topics which offer the myths of the North American native people for drama and education; and the way of life description of the North American native people.
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Drama Methods in teaching History of Jews at Grammar School
Řezníčková, Kateřina ; Marušák, Radek (advisor) ; Valenta, Josef (referee)
This thesis focuses on use of drama in teaching History at Grammar School, particularly within the topic of Jews living in Czech Lands. A short essay opens up this thesis, discussing advantages and disadvantages of use of the drama methods as well as main approaches to drama work used in History lessons. The core of this thesis is based on records of two structured dramas including their historical background information. First ?Hilsneriade ? is devoted to the problem of anti-Semitism in Czech Lands at the end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th century and also looks at a superstition of ritual murders. Second ? Jews after Second World War ? is based on life of Jews and their struggle after surviving Holocaust.
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Theatre as an Invitation to Interpersonal Aesthetic Communication
Šplíchalová, Kateřina ; Klíma, Miloslav (advisor) ; Mikotová, Zoja (referee) ; Provazník, Jaroslav (referee) ; Valenta, Josef (referee)
THEATRE AS AN INVITATION TO INTERPERSONAL AESTHETIC COMMUNICATION (theatre activities with actors with mental diseases and professionals actors) In this dissertation, I wil start by offering a framework for understanding ?theatre in a specific theatre group? - with actors with mental diseases living in the mental home in general. I will then discuss possible variations of this theme in social interactions (arttherapy, drama education?). After laying these foundations, I will present several lines of research in this area that illustarate how special theatre work with mentally retarded can influence the professional and practical theatre research (interviews with theatre directors, dramaturgist, scenographer and actors). I will also describe a series of pilot performances that focus on principals of activities demonstrating collective theatre searching of mentally disabled persons. My findings demonstarate that theatre representations have a dramatic impact on fantasy, inner life and behaviors of all participants. I attempted to clarify the underlying process that leds actors with mental disess to play with puppets, to make an alternative theatre. I am engaged in a large artistic movement which would like to accomplish an integration of puppet theatre in asylums - hospitals for mentally disabled people. I have been working with mentally disabled actors for eight years already. I have always wanted to enter their imagination and to be able to understand how they think and why. We try to find different ways to come up with a concrete stage solution. It becomes important to understand the rehearsing processes underlying the self-representation of an actor with mental diseas - in terms of how it may impact ones´s own attitudes and behavior, as wel as how it may influence his interactions with others.
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Participation theatre
Dočkal, Viktor ; Valenta, Josef (advisor) ; Machková, Eva (referee)
This work is concentrated on theatre participation, theatre in education as a phenomen. Looking for conection between the development in this area and the projection to education. Trying articulate approaches to participation with audience. I deal more thoroughly with performances by Agentura Bořivoj, Divadlo Medvěd, Divadelní sdružení Spolupospolu.. Closing part si focused on questions of actual position of participation theatre, theatre in education in Czech Republic. This paper also contain four iterview - Jana Pilatová, Hana Kasíková, Mirka Vydrová and Iveta Dřízhalová.
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The conception of drama in education at lower grades of a high school
Vrzáčková, Blanka ; Machková, Eva (advisor) ; Valenta, Josef (referee)
The author of the present diploma thesis works as a drama and English teacher at a high school with students aged between 11 and 15 years old. It monitors the process of creating her own conception of drama education at the particular school with respect to the state curriculum. In the first part, the current position of drama education in the state curriculum and the possibility of involving drama as a regular school subject to the school curriculum are explored. The contribution of drama education to life skills development is further considered. In the following part, specific features of teenagers are presented. Their possible consequences to drama lessons are mentioned. These are followed by the part where a concrete school curriculum is introduced. The process of its development at the particular school is included. The core of the diploma thesis is the author's own conception of drama education which has become a part of the official curriculum of the above mentioned school. In this chapter, constituent elements of the document (characterization of the subject, expected goals of particular years, final products) are quoted and the author?s comments and proposals of evaluation are attached. In the part focused on realization a thematic plan for the first year is presented. Further, some rules and rituals used in drama lessons are described and their advantages explained. This chapter is concluded by a detailed description of lessons realized during the first term. At the end, the author summarizes her experience of both making and piloting the conception, derives some practical recommendations and mentions the tasks she is going to deal with in the future.
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Songwriter´s protest message in the period of normalization
Červenková, Martina ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Valenta, Josef (referee)
The topic of the thesis is the issue of the status of songwriter Jaromír Nohavica and his work in the period of normalization. The contemporary circumstances and the context of the origin of his songs are hidden for the majority of people (especially for the younger generation). The basic question of the thesis is how far is the period of normalization in relation to the political system reflected in the songwriter's personal life and lyrics of his songs. The work is methodologically based on quantitative and qualitative content analysis and analysis of the period of normalization. The quantitative and qualitative content analysis is very unusual for political scinece.
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