HISTORY OF THE THEATRE III
| Title | ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΟΥ ΘΕΑΤΡΟΥ ΙΙΙ / HISTORY OF THE THEATRE III |
| Code | ΣΤ0103 |
| Faculty | Fine Arts |
| School | Drama |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Antonios Glytzouris |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 120000533 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos THeátrou (2019-sīmera)
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2017 – 2018 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600072336
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Background
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600072336
- At the Website of the School:
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
To understand the principal events of the History of Theatre taking into consideration the broader historic context. To be in touch with pieces of Theatre and to develop a sense of analysis of their form and content. To look for the causes of change and to explain the results on the art of Theatre through esthetic trends of this period.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The overview of the act of performance, looking at theatre as the "great stage game", as a series of exchanges "between a text and a performance, between actors and a director, between a stage and an audience, between a theatre and a society" (Bernard Dort).
What, after all, is the history of theater? Methodological concerns. The relationship between the history of theater. The relationship between the European and Modern Greek scenes. Theater and pop culture. Realism, Modernism. Avant-garde movements. Particular emphasis will be given to the study of representative dramas from Stanislavski to Grotowski. Theater and new technologies. Theatrical troupes and workshops. Directorial trends. The course focuses, also, on the crisis in drama by studying the works of contemporary drama as well as postdramatical performances: the crisis of the dramatic character, the myth, the plot. Post-dramatic theatre - Performance art – happenings – dance theater. Dramaturgical analysis of the great works.
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.6 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 59 | 2.4 | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 24 | 1.0 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 122 | 4.9 |
Student Assessment
Description
Optional brief papers, analyzing pieces of theatre, to be presented in the classroom. This activity is considered as a stimulus for literature research, for participation in the group and for development of the intra-group communication.
Written control by compulsory or optional weighted-up questions. The ability of reviewing the literature the degree of understanding and the efforts for synthesis and the criticism of proposed items are taken in consideration.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Labortatory Assignment (Formative)
Last Update
06-07-2018
