Teaching code

4S02252

Teacher

Simona Brunetti

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 26, 2022 al Dec 23, 2022.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

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.

Prerequisites and basic notions

None.

Program

In this course we intend to investigate how the gesture of the traditional Italian actor was fixed and transmitted in the second half of the twentieth century, not only by the writings of his contemporaries, but also by cinema, television, or the new means of digital communication. To this end, some famous dramaturgies, both by Italian and foreign authors, staged by prominent theater directors on the Italian or European scene, will be related to the productions that immortalize the performances of some famous actors: Eleonora Duse, Vittorio Gassman, Rossella Falk, Alberto Lionello, Dario Fo and Franca Rame, Giulia Lazzarini, Marcello Lippi, Virgilio Zernitz, Ken Ponzio, Sandro Lombardi and Sabina Guzzanti. The chronological period considered begins with the possibility of finding at least one recording of the pieces taken into consideration and ends at the end of the twentieth century.
References
1. Notes from the lectures and in-depth materials. Non-attending students will integrate the bibliography with the study of: Luigi Allegri, Prima lezione sul teatro, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2012.
2. Analysis of three of the following plays: Ruzante, Betìa (1524-25c.); Faustini-Cavalli, La Calisto (1651); Vondel, Lucifero (1654); Dumas, Kean (1836); Pirandello, Il piacere dell’onestà (1917); Bontempelli, Nostra Dea (1925); Parise, L’assoluto naturale (1967); Fo, Hellequin Harlekin Arlekin Arlecchino (1985); Ginzburg, L’intervista (1989).
3. Simona Brunetti, Attori in video nel secondo Novecento, Bari, Edizioni di Pagina, 2022.
4. Study of a play chosen from 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 following manual: Roberto Alonge, Franco Perrelli, Storia del teatro e dello spettacolo, terza edizione, Torino, Utet, 2019 (chapters 1-12, pp. 1-259, excluding all in-depth studies marked with a lateral line ).

Bibliography

Didactic 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 .
1. A cycle of free-attendance in-depth lessons will be activated, which will be recorded.
2. Students in isolation for Covid 19 are invited to send an e-mail to the teacher.

Learning assessment procedures

Oral interview divided into two parts, to be held on the same day, with final evaluation expressed by a mark out of thirty.

Evaluation criteria

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.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final grade is determined by the average of the scores obtained in the two parts of the exam.

Exam language

Italiano