Universität Wien

170301 VO Lecture: The History of Theatre (2024W)

Theatre in the Weimar Republic

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 17 - Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft
Moodle
Tu 05.11. 15:00-16:30 Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
Register/Deregister for this course

Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 15.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 22.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 29.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 12.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 19.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 26.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 03.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 10.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 17.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 07.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 14.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 21.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 28.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3 2A211 2.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

During the brief period of the Weimar Republic (1918-1933), theater served as a field of social and aesthetic debate with an intensity and polyphony rarely seen before or since in the German-speaking world. From the staging of expressionist drama to the classic productions by Max Reinhardt or Leopold Jessner that formed the style of German Regietheater, from the Volksbühne movement to the Proletarian Theater and the gestural Ingolstadt plays by Marieluise Fleißer, from cabaret to revue, from the development of epic theater by Bertolt Brecht to the communist agitprop troupes of the late Republic - there is a multitude of theater forms that became the subject of public debate, in which the political forces of this attempt at democracy manifested themselves
This lecture on the theater of the Weimar Republic traces important productions, debates, innovations and problem areas and discusses historiographical and theoretical concepts that attempt to interpret them.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam in presence on 21.01.2025 (1st date) and on three further dates at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the following semester.
The examinations are conducted in open-book format, which is defined in such a way that written learning materials and compulsory texts can be used, but only in printed form. The use of laptops, tablets, cell phones etc. is not permitted.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students know theater forms and debates of the Weimar Republic in an overview and exemplarily. They can classify and interpret materials from this era and recognize connections.
In the written examination, 12 points can be achieved in four questions; six points must be achieved for a positive result.

Examination topics

Texts, slides and contents of the respective lectures.

Reading list

A bibliography will be made available via Moodle.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Su 29.09.2024 13:06