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Laurea in Lingue e letterature straniere - Immatricolazione dal 2025/2026.

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen between
3rd foreign language
3
F
-

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen between the following

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
6
C
M-FIL/04
1 module to be chosen between the following
Final exam
6
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen between
3rd foreign language
3
F
-
activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen between the following
activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
6
C
M-FIL/04
1 module to be chosen between the following
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

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Teaching code

4S02252

Coordinator

Simona Brunetti

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-ART/05 - PERFORMING ARTS

Period

I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 27, 2021 al Jan 8, 2022.

Learning outcomes

By analyzing specific issues of the History of theatre, we intend to introduce the student to the theoretical and methodological tools offered by the representative medium with particular regard to the field of communication and to the comparison between different theatrical traditions. At the end of the course students will be able to contestualise, comprehend and examine on their own all of the coefficients proposed by a prose show.

Program

Course Contents
Starting from the debut of "Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore" (1921), a text destined to change Italian theatre, Luigi Pirandello proposes a series of meta-theatrical texts which, in denouncing the precarious conditions of Italian stage in the early twentieth century, illustrate how its various components should be reformed: the text, the actor, the audience, the direction, the mise en scène. During the lessons, it will be explored the European theatrical context between the twenties and thirties which the Sicilian author confronts with to create some of his greatest plays.

References
1. Non-attending students will integrate the bibliography with the study of: Luigi Allegri, "Prima lezione sul teatro", Laterza, 2012.
2. Critical analysis of three plays by Pirandello among the following: "Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore"; "Enrico IV"; "Ciascuno a suo modo"; "Questa sera si recita a soggetto"; "Trovarsi"; "I giganti della montagna".
3. Franco Perrelli, "Le origini del teatro moderno: Da Jarry a Brecht", Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2016.
4. Study of a drama of your choice among the following: Sofocle, "Antigone"; Ariosto, "La cassaria"; Shakespeare, "La bisbetica domata"; Molière, "Il malato immaginario"; Goldoni, "Il teatro comico"; Ibsen, "La signora del mare"; Čechov, "Il gabbiano"; Strindberg, "Il pellicano"; Brecht, "Vita di Galileo"; Beckett, "Aspettando Godot".
5. Study of the first seven chapters of the following manual: Luigi Allegri (a cura di), Storia del teatro. Le idee e le forme dello spettacolo dall’antichità a oggi, Roma, Carocci, 2017, pp. 15-287.

Teaching methods
Lectures alongside the analysis of sources of various kinds (archive documents, iconography, theatrical performances, films, video fragments, audio, etc.).
Conferences, sources, readings, and critical texts will be further specified during the course. Some materials, necessary for the preparation of the exam, will be available in the e-learning site. The critical commentary of the theatrical or cinematographic adaptations analysed during the lectures will be part of the examination. A specific bibliography will be provided for ERASMUS students.

N.B.: A cycle of lessons will be activated for the specific study of the manual.

Bibliography

Visualizza la bibliografia con Leganto, strumento che il Sistema Bibliotecario mette a disposizione per recuperare i testi in programma d'esame in modo semplice e innovativo.

Examination Methods

Oral exam with final evaluation. The questions proposed to the candidates will, on the one hand, test their knowledge of the History of theatre with exemplifications offered by one of the dramas of the list; on the other hand, they will test the ability to analyze theoretical concepts and performances following the models showed during the lessons.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE