Art of Africa 3600-7-AF3-SA(L)

The course includes both lectures on the history of theater in Africa and a workshop component, during which students are supposed to write a theatrical script based on a selected text. The presentation and evaluation of the script, utilizing elements characteristic of traditional African theater, will form the basis for the subject exam.

Course coordinators

Term 2025L:

Zuzanna Augustyniak

Term 2024L:

Zuzanna Augustyniak
Izabela Will

Type of course

obligatory courses

Mode

Blended learning
Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

Classes for African studies course. Continuation of a course Sztuka Afryki (Z). Knowledge of congress languages allowing the use of subject literature. The knowledge of the congress languages is required.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course the student:
Knowledge:
- has extended knowledge of particular problems pertaining to the culture and society of selected African countries (K_W03)
- demonstrates good grasp of contemporary cultural life of selected African countries (K_W08)
Skills:
- can search for, analyze, evaluate and use information from different sources and can form critical judgments on its basis (K_U01)
- can indicate most important intellectual problems, dilemmas, aesthetic preferences taking shape inside the culture of a chosen region in Africa (K_U10)
- can analyze most important phenomena in the area of history, socio-political, linguistic or cultural situation of selected African countries (K_U11)
Social competences:
- can actively cooperate and work in a group as well as forge relationships and build social relations (K_K2)
- is open to new ideas and trends as well as cultural diversity (K_K5)
- has awareness of the differences stemming from cultural, religious and philosophical variety and their influence on shaping legal processes (K_K6)
- understands and appreciates the value of tradition and cultural heritage of one’s own country and Africa's cultural heritage (K_K8)
- actively acts in aid of mutual understanding and effective intercultural communication, cultural and economic cooperation, domestic contacts and ones in Africa (K_K10)
- can use linguistic and cultural competences in professional situations such as aid programmes, government programmes, immigration problems, national security issues (K_K12)

Assessment criteria

- continuous assessment
- the exam involves presenting a completed theater project
Attendance check - two absences, i.e. 4 hours, are permitted per semester; in the case of absence due to illness, a medical certificate justifying the absence must be submitted within seven working days of the end date of the sick leave indicated therein.

Practical placement

None

Bibliography

Steiner, M. Geneza teatru w świetle antropologii kulturowej, Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego 2003.
Szturc, W. Rytualne źródła teatru, Kraków: PWST im. Ludwika Solskiego 2013.
Falkiewicz, A. Teatr. Społeczeństwo, Wrocław: Ossolineum 1980.
Plastow, J., African Theatre and Politics, Amsterdam-Atlanta: Rodopi 1996.
Boon, R., Plastow J., (eds.), Theatre Matters, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1998.
Breitinger, E., Sander, R. (eds.). Drama and theatre in Africa, Bayreuth, W. Germany:Bayreuth University 1986.
Conteh-Morgan, J., Olaniyan, T. (eds.),African drama and performance, Bloomington: Indiana University Press 2004.
Traoré, B., The black African theatre and its social functions, Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 1972.
Banham, M., Wake, C., Współczesny teatr Czarnej Afryki, Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy 1980.
Banham M. (red.), A History of Theatre in Africa, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.