Title: The Prague School's contribution to the theory of intermediality
Source document: Theatralia. 2014, vol. 17, iss. 2, pp. 41-49
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41-49
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Abstract(s)
This paper explores the contributions of the Prague School scholars to the theory of intermediality. Although the theory of intermediality did not yet exist in the 1930s, scholars of the Prague School presented a number of ideas that today would certainly be understood within the scope of the theory. They perceived what we now call intermediality as part of a comparative exploration of arts, and aimed to establish a comparative semiology of arts. In their articles, these scholars touched upon two important relationships between arts, which are discussed in contemporary theories of intermediality as transmediality and plurimediality/multimediality. With regard to transmediality, this study looks at the broad interest of the Prague scholars' in the interchange of formal and thematic components between various arts, such as painting and literature or film and theatre, and presents their thoughts on the nature of these inter-art relationships. Regarding plurimediality, the Prague School scholars focused mainly on theatre, which they considered one of the most complicated artistic branches. Comparing their thoughts on theatre with those of Wagner, Brecht, Kandinsky and others, this study reveals the uniqueness and complexity of the Prague School's approach to theatre and points to its potential for contemporary intermedial theatre studies.
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[3] BOGATYREV, Petr. 1971b [1931]. K problému rozhraničení folkloristiky a literární vědy [On the Boundaries between Studies of Folklore and Literature]. In Jaroslav Kolár (ed.). Souvislosti tvorby. Prague: Odeon, 1971: 58‒9.
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[7] DEÁK. František. 1982. Meyerhold's Staging of "Sister Beatrice". The Drama Review: TDR26 (1982): 1: 41‒50.
[8] ELLESTRÖM, Lars. 2010. The Modalities of Media: A Model for Understanding Intermedial Relations. Media borders, multimodality and intermediality. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010: 11‒48.
[9] GRYGAR, Mojmír. 2008. O srovnávací sémiotice umění [On Comparative Semiotics of Art]. In Jan Schneider and Lenka Krausová (eds.). Vybrané kapitoly z intermediality [Selected Chapters in Intermediality]. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2008: 33‒48.
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[12] JAKOBSON. Roman. 1933. Úpadek filmu? [Is the Cinema in Decline?]. Listy pro umění a kritiku 1 (1933): 45‒59.
[13] JAKOBSON, Roman. 1937. Socha v symbolice Puškinově [The Statue in Pushkin's Poetic Mythology]. Slovo a slovesnost 3 (1937): 1: 2‒24.
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[16] KATTENBELT, Chiel. 2008. Intermediality in Theatre and Performance: Definitions, Perceptions and Medial Relationships. Cultura, Lenguaje y Representación / Culture, Language and Representation 6 (2008): 19‒29.
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[18] MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. 1948a [1940]. Dvě studie o dialogu. Dialog a monolog [Two Studies on Dialogue. Dialogue and Monologue]. In Jan Mukařovský. Kapitoly z české poetiky I [Chapters in Czech Poetics I]. Prague: Svoboda, 1948: 129‒53.
[19] MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. 1948b [1937]. Dvě studie o dialogu. K jevištnímu dialogu [Two Studies on Dialogue. On Stage Dialogue]. In Jan Mukařovský. Kapitoly z české poetiky I [Chapters in Czech Poetics I]. Prague: Svoboda, 1948: 154‒6.
[20] MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. 1948c [1941]. Mezi poesií a výtvarnictvím [Between Poetry and Visual Arts]. In Jan Mukařovský. Kapitoly z české poetiky I [Chapters in Czech Poetics I]. Prague: Svoboda, 1948: 253‒74.
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[25] MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. 1966b [1948]. D34–D48 ve vývoji českého divadla [Theatre D34–D48 in the development of Czech Theatre]. Studie z Estetiky [Essays on Aesthetics]. Prague: Odeon, 1966: 458‒61.
[26] MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. 1966c [1937]. Jevištní řeč v avantgardním divadle [Stage Language in Avant-Garde Theatre]. In Jan Mukařovský. Studie z Estetiky [Essays on Aesthetics]. Prague: Odeon, 1966: 220‒3.
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