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Laurea magistrale in Tradizione e interpretazione dei testi letterari - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
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Analysis of dramas and theatrical performances (2018/2019)
Teaching code
4S004002
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Also offered in courses:
- History of Theatre and Performing Arts II - LM [Sede VR] of the course Master's degree in Arts (interuniversity)
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-ART/05 - PERFORMING ARTS
Period
Sem. 2B dal Apr 8, 2019 al Jun 1, 2019.
Learning outcomes
The course aims at providing the tools for a critical analysis of the dramatic text and of its specific features, in the light of its performative destination and of its relationship with other literary genres.
Program
The course aims at verifying the presence and analysing the characteristics of the fantastic mode, and expecially its uncanny features, in European late modern and contemporary theatre. The peculiarity of the fantastic mode in modern drama will be demonstrated through the comparison with fantastic literature and its theories.
Exam texts:
Stefano Lazzarin, "Il modo fantastico";
Davide Borghetti, "Paura e inquietudine nel quotidiano";
Nicola Pasqualicchio, "La meraviglia e la paura" (only the following essays: "Introduzione: alla ricerca del teatro fantastico", pp. 9-26; "Illegittimi terrori: forme del gotico nel teatro inglese da Horace Walpole al melodrama", pp. 27-48; "The Monk e Le Moine: adattamenti del romanzo di Lewis", pp. 49-78; "Charles Nodier: 'Du fantastique au théatre", pp. 79-90; "I topoi fantastici nel 'Vampiro' di James Robinson Planché, pp. 113-130);
Monica Cristini e Nicola Pasqualicchio, "La scena del perturbante. L'inquietudine fantastica nelle arti dello spettacolo" (only the following essays: "La maschera deforme: spettacolarizzazione del mostro nei 'freak shows', pp. 15-28; "Sulle tracce del fantastico nel teatro di ricerca", pp. 29-44; "Oltre il perturbante: 'Sayonara'", pp. 45-68; "La voce del perturbante", pp. 69-90; "La forma del Male", pp. 91-112).
N. B. Non-attending students will add five 5 more essays from "La meraviglia e la paura" or from "La scena del perturbante".
Erasmus students are gently requested to contact the teacher at least one month before the exam.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| Stefano Lazzarin | Il modo fantastico | laterza | 2000 | 9788842060338 | |
| Davide Borghetti | Il perturbante. Paura e inquietudine nel quotidiano. | CSA | 2016 | ||
| Nicola Pasqualicchio (a cura di) | La meraviglia e la paura. Il fantastico nel teatro europeo (1750-1950) | bulzoni | 2013 | 9788878708686 | |
| Monica Cristini e Nicola Pasqualicchio (a cura di) | La scena del perturbante. L'inquietudine fantastica nelle arti dello spettacolo | scripta | 2018 | 9788831933018 |
Examination Methods
Oral examination.
The exam will verify the students' knowledge of the main features of the nouveau théatre, both in a general theoretical perspective and through the analysis of the plays listed in the bibliography.
