Stage interpretations of literature

elective courses

The aim of the course is to present and discuss selected stagings of works of literature. During them, the student becomes familiar with literary texts and their various implementations. The classes present the relations between the literary text and stage production (as well as the screening), and show the differences between the individual interpretations. They will also learn about the transformations of theater, various theories and forms (including the newest ones). They are to prepare students to consciously receive theatrical phenomena and reception of performances.

The following issues will be discussed during the course:

Theater as an interpreter of a literary work. Drama-production-adaptation-spectacle. Theatrical drama theory. An outline of the history of the theater. The memory of the theater.

Literary masterpieces in the theater.

Classic interpretations of the classics.

Transformations in the theater - reevaluation of the classics (new interpretations of Rewizor, Masquerade, Boris Godunov, Wolves and the sheep, etc.)

Chekhov's dramaturgy - from MCHAT to street performances

Modernist inspirations - dramaturgy of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries in contemporary theater

Contemporary visions of theater (experiments by Kolada and Vyrypaev)

Musical, opera, pantomime - new faces of the classics.

1 J. Bab, Teatr współczesny, przeł. E. Misiołek, Warszawa 1953.

2 J. Brach-Czaina, Na drogach dwudziestowiecznej myśli teatralnej, Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków-Gdańsk-Łódź1975.

3 B. Mucha, Historia teatru rosyjskiego, Łódź 2002.

4 A.Nicoll, Dzieje dramatu, przeł. H. Krzeczkowski, W. Niepokólczycki, J. Nowacki, Warszawa 1983.

5 A.Nicoll, Dzieje teatru, przeł. A. Dębnicki, Warszawa 1974.

6 J. L. Styan, Współczesny dramat w teorii i scenicznej praktyce, przeł. M. Sugiera, Wrocław – Warszawa – Kraków 1995.

7 Teatr – widowisko, pod red M. Fik, Warszawa 2000

8 Z. Raszewski, Teatr w świecie widowisk. Dziewięćdziesiąt jeden listów o naturze teatru, Warszawa 1991.

9 Problemy teorii dramatu i teatru, pod red. J. Deglera, Wrocław 1988.

Texts of the discussed works and record of stage realizations.

Knowledge:

-the student knows the history of the Russian theatre and drama

- the student know the relationships and relations between the text and the spectacle

- the student knows basic developmental tendencies of the Russian theatre and drama

- the student has knowledge on the contemporary theatre and drama

- the student has knowledge on the role of the Russian theatre and drama in the history of the European theatre

Skills:

- the student can match performances with particular theatrical trends

-student is able to assign dramaturgy to particular currents of change

- the student is able to discuss theatrical phenomena typical of the very period

Social competences

-student correctly identifies dramatic works in a literary and theatrical context

--the student identifies theatrical phenomena in an appropriate way

- the student consciously takes part in the theatrical life

Oral test

Number of questions: 3.

II. Scoring questions: from 3 to 0.

III. Point conversion for ratings:

4.5-5 points - dst (3.0)

5.5-6 points - dst + (3.5)

6.5-7 points - db (4.0)

7.5-8 points - db + (4.5)

8.5-9 points - very good (5.0)

9+ points - very good! (5!)

Pts. 3

Student: characterizes issues with the use of various determinants ,calls on the names of representatives (including secondary ones), has detailed knowledge of the content of the readings, conducts a comprehensive analysis, gives various research positions. The statement is spontaneous, comprehensive, thoughtful, the student uses specialist terminology extensively.

Pts. 2

Student: characterizes the issue, shows knowledge of the content of the reading, analyzes. The statement is fluent, the student uses specialist terminology.

Pts. 1

Student: to a limited extent, after asking additional questions, he characterizes the subject, shows a basic knowledge of reading and performance content, conducts analysis at the elementary level (referring only to content), lists only some representatives, indicates only constitutive features. The statement is broken; consists of unrelated information, the student requires guidance by the examiner.

Requirements for the assessment of 5!

- 3 points for every question,

- meeting the requirements for 3 points and in addition: knowledge and skills from outside the curriculum, reading knowledge from outside the reading list, references to world literature.

The student has the right to 2 unexcused absences, each subsequent one requires justification. The lecturer decides on the recognition of absence.

Exceeding excused and unexcused absences by 50% of classes may be grounds to fail the course.The conditions for passing the course on the resit exam are the same as on the ordinary of exam.

If it is not possible to conduct classroom classes, classes will be conducted using distance communication tools, most likely Google Classroom and others recommended by the University of Warsaw.

not applicable