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From Word to Image: The Issue of Language in a Play in which Language Is Thematized
Mašková, Barbora ; HANČIL, Jan (advisor) ; KORČÁK, Jakub (referee)
The following BA thesis’ primary concern is the process of creating a production of David Harrower’s play Knives in Hens, a play in which language seems to become an active agent, who controls and affects the minds and deeds of the protagonists to a high extent.
After a brief overview of theoretical thought from the school of structuralism regarding the connections between dramatic text and performance, the thesis proceeds to the notion of intertextuality and via that to the person who coined it – Julia Kristeva. In Kristeva’s view a text is formed by two elements: geno-text and feno-text. These terms are further explored and applied on Knives in Hens.
In the more practical section of the text, a dramaturgical analysis of the play occurs, exploring the function of language (with a particular regard to the linguistic paradigm), archetypes and Scottish heritage in the text. That is followed by a brief insight into the problematic of translation of a text as difficult and dense as Knives in Hens, analysis of key symbols and their representation in the production and overall scenographic concept. The last sections are then concerned with the process of rehearsing and finalizing the production, including the selection of music.
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Hacking Gender Stereotypes by using methods of Drama Structuring
Kořínková, Veronika ; MARUŠÁK, Radek (advisor) ; ULRYCHOVÁ, Irina (referee)
Abstract
The Bachelor thesis describes the preparation and realization of a project that happened during eight drama classes lessons by using methods of drama structuring . These lessons were based on a myth of the Seal woman by Fiona Maclead: Wind and waves and by Clarissa Pinkola Estetes: Women Who Run With the Wolves. The two versions of the same legend are combined with parts written by Scottish playwright Sue Glower from her play The Seal Wife.
Lessons have been specially planned for 2nd and 3rd year students of second grade classes at the Art School of Josefa Kresanka in Bratislava.
Through the fictional story about a seal woman, Rona, students were introduced to the following themes: freedom, pregnancy, parenting, conflict, decision.
This thesis primarily offers the possibility how to work with these themes. It examines how methods of structuring drama can be used when the gender issues are taken into consideration.
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