Corso di laurea in Lettere

Final aim:

The student will be able to make a weighted reading of the texts and phenomena object of teaching, applying to each of them the appropriate critical methodology, framing them historically and in his belonging to a genre, studying sources and fortune, and presenting the results of the study in proper shape, both oral and written.

 Intermediate aims:

-learning the essential guidelines for an initial examination of the theatrical phenomenon in the History of Western Theater;

-being able to make comparisons between periods, theories and techniques relating to the history of the performing arts, with an emphasis on the contemporary scene, in order to encourage more awareness in a critical approach to the theatre studies;

-acquireing the skills needed for reading and analysis of the play, from the point of view of the survey on the script and the dramatic and scenic play;

-acquireing historical perspective in theatrical and performative reading of the text, having traveled and practiced the character and history of the genre, intertextuality, the exegesis of the sources and models, poetics.

The expected results agree with the objectives of the course. At the end of the program, the student will be able to:

-acquainted with the essential guidelines for an initial examination of the theatrical phenomenon in the History of Western Theater;

-make comparisons between periods, theories and techniques relating to the history of the performing arts, with an emphasis on the contemporary scene, in order to encourage more awareness in a critical approach to the theatre studies;

-possesses the skills to read and analyze the play, from the point of view of the survey on the script and the dramatic and scenic play;

-possesses historical perspective in theatrical and performative reading of the text, having traveled and practiced the character and history of the genre, intertextuality, the exegesis of the sources and models, poetics.

The program provides an articulation in two parts.

The first part (10 hours) will cover the study of the features of matter, with particular attention to the relationship between written sources (plays, books of theory of the theater, the actors' memories) and unwritten sources (iconography, performances) in order to redevelop some historical moments and following topics in the time frame that goes from Classical to Contemporary:

- Aristotle’s Poetics

- Actor, Hystrio, orator

- Myth and Ritual

- Fool

- Reality / Fiction, Mask / Face

- Between stage directing and research on the actor

The second part, monographs (26 hours), intends to apply the knowledge and skills acquired during the first part of a case study, which this year will cover "Myths, memories, scenical writings". Through reading some theatrical basic texts -Greek tragedies or european canonical works - we 'll verify how they have been scenically rewritten by some contemporary actors/authors, who intertwine mythological archetypes with their personal experiences.

-Roberto Alonge, Franco Perrelli, Storia del teatro e dello spettacolo, Utet, Torino 2012 [pp. 430].

 + 4 choices between these six proposals:

1. Sofocle, Brecht, Anouilh, Antigone. Variazioni sul mito,  a cura di M. G. Ciani (Marsilio, 2004)

2. Corrado Alvaro, La lunga notte di Medea 

3. Dario Fo-Franca Rame, Medea 

4. Christa Wolf, Medea. Voci

5. William Shakespeare, Amleto

6. Albert Camus, Lo straniero e Caligola

Attendance is mandatory, since the course is structured in such a way as to require the participation and listening to lectures. If attendance is not possible (with health certificates or work reasons), students are expected to agree with the teacher an additional program, at least one month prior to the exam date. A text in addition will be:

- Lorenzo Mango, La scrittura scenica. Un codice e le sue pratiche nel teatro del Novecento (Bulzoni, 2003)

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