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Laurea in Scienze della comunicazione - Enrollment from 2025/2026History of Theatre and Performance SC (i) (2016/2017)
Teaching code
4S02212
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Also offered in courses:
- History of Theatre and Performing Arts of the course Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures
- History of the Theatre and Entertainment (i) of the course Bachelor’s degree in Humanities
- History of the Theatre and Entertainment (i) of the course Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Heritage
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-ART/05 - PERFORMING ARTS
Period
Sem. IA (31.10.16 sosp.lezioni), Sem. IB
Learning outcomes
An introduction to the theoretical and methodological instruments offered by performing arts, through the analysis of specific issues of the history of theatre.
Program
The reflections that Luigi Pirandello represent the most important point of arrival of a lively cultural debate, meant to denounce the precarious conditions of the Italian theatrical system in the early twentieth century. Quite a decade later, these materials become part of his best-known work: “Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore”. In the same years, together with other playwrights of the period, Massimo Bontempelli seems to use the concept of human marionette to outline the characteristics of a new type of actor and of his ideal relationship with the public. An interpreter who, without preconceived styles or his own defined acting technique, can be guided like a puppet by a director, an interpreter extremely flexible and versatile to dress up any part entrusted to him.
Complusory bibliography:
1. Appunti dalle lezioni e materiali di approfondimento. Gli studenti non frequentanti integreranno la bibliografia con lo studio di: L. Allegri, "Prima lezione sul teatro", Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2012.
2. Analisi critica di: L. Pirandello, "Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore"; con la lettura di "Illustratori, attori e traduttori" (1908) e le novelle generative: "Personaggi" (1906), "La tragedia di un personaggio" (1911), "Colloqui coi personaggi" (1915).
3. Analisi critica di: M. Bontempelli, "Nostra Dea"; con la lettura del racconto "La scacchiera davanti allo specchio" (1921) e di H. von Kleist, "Il teatro di marionette" (1810).
4. A. Bentoglio, "Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore" di Pirandello per Giorgio De Lullo, Pisa, ETS, 2008; S. Brunetti, "La divina donna-manichino di Massimo Bontempelli", in S. Brunetti, N. Pasqualicchio (a cura di), "Teatri di figura", Bari, Edizioni di Pagina, 2014, pp. 49-61.
5. F. Perrelli, "Le origini del teatro moderno. Da Jarry a Brecht", Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2016.
6. Studio di un dramma a scelta tra i seguenti: Sofocle, "Edipo re"; Machiavelli, "La mandragola"; Shakespeare, "Amleto"; Calderon de la Barca, "La vita è sogno"; Molière, "Don Giovanni"; Goldoni, "La Locandiera"; Ibsen, "Casa di Bambola"; Strindberg, "Il padre"; Čechov, "Il giardino dei ciliegi"; Jarry, "Ubu roi"; Brecht, "L’opera da tre soldi"; Beckett, "Aspettando Godot"; Ionesco, "La cantatrice calva".
7. Un manuale a scelta tra: R. Alonge, F. Perrelli, "Storia del teatro e dello spettacolo", Torino, Utet Università, 2015; E. Wilson, A. Goldfarb, S. Petrini, "Storia del teatro", Milano, The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2010.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Wilson, A. Goldfarb, S. Petrini | Storia del teatro (Edizione 1) | McGraw Hill | 2010 | 9788838666452 | |
| R. Alonge, F. Perrelli | Storia del teatro e dello spettacolo (Edizione 2) | Utet Università | 2015 | 9788860084682 |
Examination Methods
Oral exam.
