Programme
Performing Arts - Actors Training
Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 4
Year | Type of course unit | Language
1 |Mandatory |Português
Total of Working Hours | Duration of Contact (hours)
100 | 45
Code
ULP1977-15442
Recommended complementary curricular units
n/a
Mode of study
Face-to-face
Precedences
Não
Professional Internship
Não
Syllabus
1 The modern age of drama
1.1 The question of modernity in History and a summary of the times
1.2 European theatrical context from the Elizabethan period to the Restoration
1.3 Shakespeare: the emergence of the subject as an infinite poem
1.4 Theatre as a mirror of the State: Shakespeare, Corneille, Racine
1.5 Shakespeare¿s influence upon the German Aufklärung and Romantic school: Goethe, Lessing, Schiller
1.6 A modern lineage of tragedy: from Shakespeare to Kleist.
2. The performative age of drama
2.1 Time as concept (Hegel) and active nihilism (Nietzsche): time escaping History
2.2 Three births in contemporary theatre:
- dramaturgy (from Lessing to symbolism),
- the actor (from Stanislavsky to Brook)
- the spectacle (from mechanical theatre to Wagner: the standardization of an aesthetic state)
2.3 The avant-gardes¿ shaping of the scene: from Hofmannstahl to Duchamps
2.4 New stage communities: Artaud and Brecht
2.5 The collapse of the significance continuum: Beckett¿s advent
Objectives
The general goals for this curricular unit are similar to those mentioned for the first semester (Cultural History of the Theatre I), with a particular focus upon the Modern period of the performing arts, beginning with Shakespeare and extending to the emergence of avantgarde movements and a critique of modernity in the 20th century. Once again, these goals are complemented by those of the Drama Reading Workshops, where there is an opportunity for thorough analysis of the texts that shape this tradition.
Specific goals:
Students should be aware of the timeline of Western Theatre from the Early Modern Period to the 20th century; students should be familiar with theoretical and aesthetic concepts pertaining to this period; students should expand their knowledge-base of the performing arts and their specific forms; students should be able to identify the core developments in modern national dramaturgies and their respective impact upon a cultural context; lastly, students should grasp
Knowledge, abilities and skills to be acquired
Students should develop analytical and critical thinking skills, and respond to the ideas and documents consistently brought to the class, whether from primary sources, secondary sources or other materials. They should be able to take part in the class, whenever challenged by an ongoing explanation or discussion. Students should be able to respond to a written test/exam containing selected topics matching any sections of the whole semester; they should produce an articulate and thoughtful discourse, establishing relationships and/or causality as they see fit.
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Classes are mostly expository in nature, using textual sources and audiovisual materials. There will also be moments for in-class analysis and discussion of said materials.
Assessment formula: continuous assessment with final exam
Appraisal elements and percentages:
- Verbal participation (10%);
- Class attendance (15%)
- In-depth written work (20%);
- Final written exam (55%)
References
BECKETT, Samuel, Endgame/ Krapp's Last Tape/ Not I, in The Grove Centenary Edition, vol. III, New York: Grove Press, 2006
CAMPBELL, O. J. (ed.), The Reader's Encyclopedia of Shakespeare, New York: MJF Books, 1966
CHESTOV, L. Anton Tchekov and Other Essays, Dublin: Maunsel, 1916
DOBSON, M., WELLS, S. (eds.), The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, Oxford: O.U.P, 2001
FISCHER-LICHTE, E., History of European Drama and Theatre, New York: Routledge, 2002
KLEIST, H. v. Sobre o Teatro de Marionetas, Lisboa, Hiena, 1988
LESSING, Dramaturgia de Hamburgo. Selecção de Textos, Lisboa: Gulbenkian, s/d
NIETZSCHE, A Gaia Ciência, Lisboa: Relógio d'Água, 1998
SCHMITT, Carl, Hamlet ou Hécube, Paris, Ed. L¿Arche, 1992
SHAKESPEARE, William, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, The New Cambridge Shakespeare: C.U.P., 2003
SZONDI, P., Teoría del Drama Moderno. Tentativa sobre lo Trágico, Barcelona: Destino, 1994
WAGNER, R., A Obra de Arte do Futuro, Antígona, 2003