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Drama Theatre of David Radok
Horčicová, Zdeňka ; HRDINOVÁ, Radmila (advisor) ; BOKOVÁ, Marie (referee)
The thesis deals with productions of the director David Radok on Czech stages. Specifically Leaving by Václav Havel performed in Archa theatre, As You Like It by William Shakespeare performed at Revolving Theatre in Český Krumlov by drama ensemble of the South Bohemian Theatre and Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare performed in National Theatre in Prague. The thesis analyses director?s work using four different facets. These are work with the text of the play, stage design, sound effects and music and acting. Based on these facts, the thesis tries to describe the character of his production, his attitude to the various components of stage artwork and includes his work in the context of Czech drama theatre.
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The image of villain in the "building" drama
Smetanová, Barbora ; JANOUŠEK, Pavel (advisor) ; BOKOVÁ, Marie (referee)
This thesis focuses on the characters of villains in the genre of ?výrobní? drama
and drama of the village in years 1948 ? 1957. The content and form of a
?building? drama were firmly bond by strict standards that have been artificially
created so the drama could spread the ideology of communism and became a
tool of re-edcuation of the citizens of ČSR.
The topics of ?building? drama were closely tied to political campaigns, which led
to their transformation over time. It is interesting to follow this development. At
the same time there are plays containing the same topics, the same intensity of
the class conflict and the same type of the common enemy.
In addition to the distribution of the characters into thematically similar groups,
their description and their examples in drama, a majority of this thesis is devoted
to the history and description of drama genres of the time. This procedure
proved to be necessary to understand the development of characters and the
growing class conflict.
The bachelor thesis deals with the development of relatively short period of a
?building? drama, and it is through the characters of villains. It is somewhat of a
first step for a more detailed study of this poetics. The ?building? drama has
become almost forgotten form. It is understandable, given its schematism and
slant it wouldn't be now possible to stage it, perhaps only as a theater
experiment. As a reader with the knowledge of the historical development and,
above all, knowing the crimes committed by the Communist party, which during
the period studied reached their monstrous peak, I was not able to maintain the
required distance. I doubt that it would be possible to anyone during these days.
Still, I find exploring of this time and drama challenging, since only knowledge of
history can avoid repeating the same mistakes in the present.
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Myth: Socialist Realism
Brederová, Tatiana ; Vinař, Josef (advisor) ; Boková, Marie (referee)
In my work Ifocus on the socialistic realism drama in Czechoslovakia, which was formed during the period 1948-1956 (playwrights such as Vojtěch Cach, Václav Káňa, Peter Karvaš, Štefan Králik, Ján Skalka...). The aim of my work is to define the unified signs of dramatic works, declared by Andrei Zhdanov, and to analyze the means of mass manipulation in these works.
The main part of my work is the analysis of mythological conception of the socialistic realism drama. I do so by comparing the socialistic society and culture with those of Ancient world and Christian society. For this analysis I use the work of Carl Gustav Jung and Karl Kerényi Science of Mythology, as well as the modern interpretation of mythology today in the work Mythologies written by Roland Barthes.
In the chapter Socialistic Mythology I look for concrete analogies with Ancient and Christian mythology. For example, I specify the principal signs of mythologies, such as the psychological origins of myths, the myth of the original chaos, icons and rituals in mythologies, morals and the social stratification. By investigating these signs I assume to find analogies with socialistic perception and interpretation of the world.
Third chapter is dedicates to the analysis of ?ideolanguage? and ?ideologics?, terms defined by Mikhail Epstein. I analyze the specific vocabulary of communist era drama and the semantic structure.
In the last chapter I analyze the concrete dramatic works as a result of further investigation of myth as such. I apply terms of Roland Barthes, such as naturalization and inflexion. These terms are according to Barthes typical for myths and I consider them also relevant for my study of socialistic realism. This way I try to characterize the intention of socialistic garniture to ?engineer human souls?.
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The Function of Drama in the National Theatre nowdays
Hanušková, Petra ; Císař, Jan (advisor) ; Boková, Marie (referee)
In my Bachelor's thesis, I try to define the function of drama in the National theatre nowdays. The National theatre has the privileged position among other theatres in the Czech Republic. But its myth is not for our society so strong, as it was for our ancestors.
The society is nowdays in the state, which is hard to define and analyse. This state was named the postmodernism.
Because theatre is the system of communication, which respons to the immediate impulses from the society, I tried to define the whole potmoderne culture on the basis of the productions in the National theatre.
I am analysing only the productions, which profile the drama in the National theatre in certain way. The period, that I am focusing on, starts in 2002, when Michal Dočekal was named as a head of drama in the National theatre. His new conception is leading not only to think about traditions and values of the National theatre, but about the whole society as well.
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THEATRE ON TV SCREEN (period of normalization )
Nosková, Gabriela ; Boková, Marie (advisor) ; Šrámek, Ondřej (referee)
My thesis is devoted to introduction of theatre productions on TV screen in the early stages of the Czechoslovak TV broadcasting. My work covers the period that elapsed from 1970 till the end of 1990. I do not avoid political and historical circumstances of the theme, which had influence on dramaturgists of broadcasting in this period. In year 1969 started radical changes in management and in broadcasting of the Czechoslovak television. Important event for theatre in TV was revival of the popular cycle ? We are inviting you to the theatre ? in year 1983. TV is very important for popularisation of the theatre. Thanks to the TV screens theatre performances can reach even the remotest parts of our country. Many viewer knows theatre only through a TV screen.
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