31928 - Drama of the Greek World

Academic Year 2010/2011

  • Docente: Maria Paola Funaioli
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: L-FIL-LET/05
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in CULTURAL HERITAGE (cod. 0886)

Learning outcomes

Through the study of monuments and texts, students are able to place Greek Tragedies and Comedies within the historical and dramaturgical context and to appreciate their contribution to European Culture to nowadays

Course contents

in order to attain 6 ects, the students have to know: 1) the history of greek theatre. 2) Sophocles, Philoctetes 3) Euripides, Andromacha.  4) Aristophanes, Acharnians..

Readings/Bibliography

1) G. Mastromarco – P. Totaro, Storia del teatro greco, Le Monnier Università, Milano 2008; 2) Sofocle, Filottete,  a cura di V. Faggi, Torino, Einaudi, 1994; 3) Euripide, Andromaca,  introduzione, traduzione e note di C. Barone. - Milano, BUR 1997. 4)Aristofane, Gli Acarnesi, introduzione di G. Paduano; traduzione, commento di R. Lauriola, Milano, BUR classici greci e latini, 2008.  5) Materials about  theatrical monuments will be circulated at lesson.

Teaching methods

Classroom lessons will deal with the main features of the ancient drama and its scenic conventions, with examples from the texts in program. Some screenplays will be examined.

Assessment methods

During the oral exam at the end of the course, the students will need to demonstrate the knowledge of the whole handbook at 1) and of the ancients texts (nrr. 2, 3, 4), with introductions and notes, except for the philological and metrical ones.

Office hours

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