27928 - Laboratory (1) (LM) (G.E)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the laboratory the student knows how to organize and collect complex information in a coherent form, he is able to apply methodologies of critical analysis on the linguistic sciences. He can identify a research problem relevant to philological research and I can identify and appropriately use the sources of information necessary to address it.

Course contents

Memories and microstories for the Theater

«A forza di raccontarmi storie vere o inventate in attesa della mosca, diventai regista e scrittore» [Andrea Camilleri]. “Like the flyplay”, the germs of Camillerian expressionism are born from that particular force of the story in which idiomatic commitment, attention to the idioms, heuristic and anecdotal content, human casuistry, aesthetics and psychological density of the characters, depth of the kinesic language. Camillerian novel passes into the hands of the author to transform itself into plot or theatrical material. Starting from the «narrative moment» of Camilleri, the Laboratory of Italian Theater Literature (A.Y. 2020/2021) intends to provide the main tools to enhance the expressive capacities of scriptural surrender in dramatic function. The passage from the novel to the theatre will be approached taking into account the main textual problems in relation to the forms and functions of space, time, dialogue, characters and caption.

Students will create a collective writing exercise, forming working groups with the final goal of creating a theatrical text and an original artistic work. The writing exercise aims to enhance the dialogue and the exchange of literary knowledge, keeping the link with one's own roots and cultural traditions open. The passage from novels to theatre, from fiction to dramatic transposition, will be discussed in class starting from four works by Andrea Camilleri:

1. La novella di Antonello da Palermo

2. Il vitalizio

3. La cattura

4. Il gioco della mosca

Readings/Bibliography

The bibliography will be indicated in class.

Teaching methods

The aim of the Laboratory is to elaborate unique acts, monologues or experimental and intercultural dramatic texts, in which the imagination, expressive capacity, or the aesthetics of the students' writing will act. The course aims to encourage discussion between the participants, promoting collaboration, sharing and collective enhancement of “artistic creativity”. After several introductory lessons on the general notions of theaterlogy, each working group will be introduced to the construction of the text, creating its own dramaturgical “object” from the analyzed texts: plot, dialogues, captions, characters.

Assessment methods

The maximum number of participants in the Laboratory is 20 students. In order to register for the course, students must communicate their presence by sending an email to the following address: Sebastiana Nobili (sebastiana.nobili@unibo.it [mailto:sebastiana.nobili@unibo.it] ) and Luca Vaccaro luca.vaccaro2@unibo.it [mailto:luca.vaccaro2@unibo.it] . The Laboratory is divided into 15 meetings of 2 hours each, which will begin on February 4^th, 2021 from 11:00 to 13:00 in the Aula Forti of the Department of Classical and Italian Philology, according to the following scheduling:

Tuesday (beginning 4 February 2021)

Aula Forti

11:00-13:00

Wednesday

Aula Forti

11:00-13:00

Thursday

Aula Forti

11:00-13:00

Teaching tools

videoprojector

Office hours

See the website of Claudia Sebastiana Nobili