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Necrophilia as a love to the future: (De-)construction of the history in selected dramas of Heiner Müller
Šemberová, Daria ; Weinberg, Manfred (advisor) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
Keywords: GDR literature, historical drama, postdramatic theatre, history, memory, Heiner Müller, Walter Benjamin, Bertolt Brecht, Lehrstück Abstract: The aim of this thesis is to analyse the representation of the German history and its relation with the reality of the GDR in selected dramas by Heiner Müller (1929-1995): Germania Death in Berlin, Germania 3 Ghosts at Dead Man, Life of Gundling Frederick of Prussia Lessing's Dream Sleep Scream, The Battle, The Horatian and The Hamletmachine. The main focus of interest is also the approach of the playwright to selected literary and theatrical genres as historical drama, Lehrstück and postdramatic theatre. The philosophical background of the analysis is based mainly on Walter Benjamin's essay On the Concept of History and his description of the painting Angelus Novus by Paul Klee. Furthermore, the thesis examines the methods of dramatization in Heiner Müller's plays.
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DIRECTING AS A STAGE STORYTELLING
Zembok, Ewa ; VEDRAL, Jan (advisor) ; DEÁK, Juraj (referee)
The thesis is written from a practical director´s perspective. It focuses on the problematics of the ensemble cast as one of the most important diegetic units in production. The thesis accents the ensemble cast as a part of directing and realization of the dramaturgical-directing concept. It is divided into two parts. The theoretical part deals with the use of the mimetic and diegetic means in modern theatre and transformation of the classic directing principles within the birth of the post-dramatic theatre. The other chapters reflect the author´s 2011 graduation production and describe the procedures of the realization of her professional productions up to 2016.
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Handa Gote Research & Development: A new theatre synthesis
Štrom, Jakub ; CÍSAŘ, Jan (advisor) ; NEZNAL, Vít (referee)
In this bachelor thesis Handa Gote Research & Development: New synthetis in
theatre I am focusing on topic, how theatre group Handa Gote Research &
Development uses components of theatre to create new type of synthetic work.
Thesis is devoted to three components: auditive, visual and text. I am describing
these three components in three independent chapters. This desription is based on
my thorough research and analysis of performances and video records of
performances by Handa Gote. Before this main research is prefixed chapter, which is
dealing with perception of synthesis in theatre from idea of Gesmatkunstwerk,
folowing by the work by three important czech theatrologists and Aesthetics Otakar
Hostinský, Otakar Zich and Jan Mukařovský. I am also presenting one of the newest
theories, theory of Postdramatic theatre. As a conclusion, I am summarizing
outcomes of my analysis and trying to specify, what is new about theatre synthesis
by Handa Gote
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Epic principles applied in selected plays of Roland Schimmelpfennig in the context of Brechtian Epic theatre
Zachatá, Petra ; SCHLEGELOVÁ, Martina (advisor) ; AUGUSTOVÁ, Zuzana (referee)
This Bachelor’s thesis deals with the dramatic works of Roland Schimmelpfennig, one of the most frequently produced German playwrights. It discusses relations between Schimmelpfennig’s poetics and Brechtian Epic theatre, focusing especially on essential aesthetical principles and techniques of the Epic theatre. The introductory part of the thesis sets Schimmelpfennig’s works into a wider context of German theatre and drama at the turn of the twentieth century. It focuses on the new generation of German playwrights, whose plays resign from postdramatic poetics, which has held a leading position since the 1980s. The opening part also summarizes fundamental principles and formal techniques of the Brechtian Epic theatre. The main part of the thesis consists of an analysis of two Schimmelpfennig’s plays, The Arabian Night and The Golden Dragon. The analysis covers epical principles and techniques used by Schimmelpfennig in these plays. The aim of the Bachelor’s thesis is to clarify whether there are any essential similarities between Schimmelpfennig’s and Brecht’s dramatic works: Do both authors use similar epical techniques, and do they apply these techniques in accordance with similar esthetical grounds and social beliefs? The principal aim of the Bachelor’s thesis is to determine whether it is possible to treat Schimmelpfennig’s dramatic works as a distinctive type of the Epic theatre.
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Staging a non-dramatic text
Svozil, Adam ; KORČÁK, Jakub (advisor) ; HRBEK, Daniel (referee)
This thesis deals with the topic of narrative (or ´diegetic´) theatre plays. It aims to map out the processes which emerge after the mimetic mode of representation is partly or wholly replaced with the diegetic one., i.e. the decline in their ´dramatic´ quality and the structural changes which are being conceptualized mainly within a narrative framework. The thesis consequently looks at specific historic moments which propelled strong contemporary presence of diegesis on theatre stage; namely the theatre of Bertolt Brecht, the performative turn and postdramatic theatre and the storytelling movement. With these circumstances in mind, the author reflects on his practical theatrical work: The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas (DISK Theatre, Prague) and Illusions (DJKT Theatre, Pilsen.)
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Political theatre of Falk Richter in post-dramatic context
Chvátalová, Martina ; Augustová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Pšenička, Martin (referee)
(Anglicky) This diploma thesis conducts a survey of dramatic and theatre work of contemporary German dramatist and director Falk Richter (born 1969) in the context of German political theatre of 20th century, thus primarily Brecht and Piscator tradition. At the same time, the concepts of political and post-dramatic theatre are defined and elaborated. The work points out that the current political function of theatre and its chance to directly influence social reality is understood differently than in the case of both pre-war and post-war epic drama by Erwin Piscator and Bertolt Brecht, or in the documentary drama of the 1960s. The key goal of the thesis is to analyze and interpret chosen Richter's dramatic writings and mainly the project Trust, which was created in collaboration with Dutch choreographer Anouk van Dijk. The project can be perceived as a current form of Richter's poetry, which gradually deviates from the "drama" theatre and inclines to motion drama with dance and performance elements. It is showed how the authors deal with present social and personal issues, which are transformed into theatre expression, motion and dance. At last, the thesis examines in what consists the politics of this project.
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Necrophilia as a love to the future: (De-)construction of the history in selected dramas of Heiner Müller
Šemberová, Daria ; Weinberg, Manfred (advisor) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
Keywords: GDR literature, historical drama, postdramatic theatre, history, memory, Heiner Müller, Walter Benjamin, Bertolt Brecht, Lehrstück Abstract: The aim of this thesis is to analyse the representation of the German history and its relation with the reality of the GDR in selected dramas by Heiner Müller (1929-1995): Germania Death in Berlin, Germania 3 Ghosts at Dead Man, Life of Gundling Frederick of Prussia Lessing's Dream Sleep Scream, The Battle, The Horatian and The Hamletmachine. The main focus of interest is also the approach of the playwright to selected literary and theatrical genres as historical drama, Lehrstück and postdramatic theatre. The philosophical background of the analysis is based mainly on Walter Benjamin's essay On the Concept of History and his description of the painting Angelus Novus by Paul Klee. Furthermore, the thesis examines the methods of dramatization in Heiner Müller's plays.
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Directional creation by Frank Castorf
Pavlíčková, Aneta ; Augustová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Pšenička, Martin (referee)
(in English): This bachelor thesis is dealing with the work of German director and intendant of Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz theatre in Berlin, Frank Castorf (born 1951). The thesis is focusing on the characteristic features of Castorf's directing method and on the subject of politics in his current plays in Volksbühne theatre. In the thesis there are two plays being analysed: Kean ou Désordre et Génie. Comédie en cinq actes par Alexandre Dumas et "Die Hamletmaschine" par Heiner Müller (premiere: 6. 11. 2008) a Das Duell (premiere: 27. 3. 2013). Castorf's work is being investigated in terms of postdramatical theatre and performance aesthetics. The firts part of the thesis is focusing on Castorf's method of adapting and rearranging dramatical and literary texts. The second part deals with the director's concept of actor's physical being on stage. The last chapter looks into Castrof's work with video projections and live streaming in his plays and deals with the matter of distinguishing the real body presence of an actor on stage and his reflection in the electronic projections. Castrof's work concept is mainly being analysed from the point of the viewer's perception. The bachelor thesis shows that political dimension of Castorf's work doesn't depend only on textual expression but also on the...
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The poetics of selected plays by Roland Schimmelpfennig performed on Czech theatre stages in the context of the contemporary German-speaking theatre
Celárková, Michaela ; Augustová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Pšenička, Martin (referee)
This thesis presents the work of a contemporary German playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig in a wider context. In the main chapter, the author focuses on the analysis of five Schimmelpfennig's plays that have been performed also on Czech theatre stages. The analysis emphasizes the elements of a dramatic structure that Schimmelpfennig uses in an innovative way: epization of texts, unrealistic treatment of dramatic time, elements of magic realism etc. The author also pays attention to a general characteristic of a contemporary German-speaking theatre with respect to the topics that it deals with. A significant part of the work is devoted to classifying Roland Schimmelpfennig's work in the historical and theoretical context of a contemporary German-speaking theatre. A book called Die Rückkehr der Helden by a German author Nikolaus Frei, which questions some opinion on the recent development of theatre presented in a book Postdramatisches Theater by Hans Thiese Lehmann, has become a crucial source for this thesis. Nikolaus Frei copes with the question of animateness/inanimateness of theatre and by using extracts from particular dramatic texts by contemporary authors proves a possible continuity of mimesis, realistic acting and conflicts on the stage until the 21st century. In conclusion, it is possible...
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Dramatist and performer Werner Schwab. A contribution to Austrian postmodernism
Narwová, Michaela ; Tvrdík, Milan (advisor) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
The thesis gives a comprehensive picture of Werner Schwab, Austrian playwright and performer. He ranked among the most performed German-speaking authors at the time of his death in 1994. The main objective of this work, whose basis lies in Schwab's dramatic production, is to provide a comprehensive monographic study. The thesis deals not only with the dramas, but also with their relationship to the theatrical production of Thomas Bernhard and Elfriede Jelinek. The chapter on the author's personal life is followed by chapters "Postdramatic Theatre", "Theatre of Cruelty", and "Folk Play", where you can find the answer to the question of the place of Schwab's drama in the overall concept of literature at the end of the 20th century. Particular attention is paid to the unique language usage he developed, called "Schwabisch" after the author.
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