27096 - History of Theatre and Performing Arts

Academic Year 2016/2017

  • Docente: Marco De Marinis
  • Credits: 12
  • SSD: L-ART/05
  • Language: Italian

Learning outcomes

  • Acquisition of general theoretical lines about history of theatre and performance

  • Identification of dramaturgic and performative criteria that are recurring both in the past and in the present

  • Assimilation of specific methods of analysis and their application on well-defined investigation fields


Course contents

THE XX CENTURY THEATRE. TWO MASTERS: ARTAUD AND GROTOWSKI

First Module (6 credits): Artaud and the "theatre of blood": from the first to the second Theatre of Cruelty

Start on October 3th, 2016

Second Module (6 credits): Grotowski in search of the Action: from the Poor Theatre to the Art as vehicle

Start on November 14th, 2016

First + Second Module (12 credits)

Start on October 3th, 2016

Seminar: guide to the study of the history of theatre handbook. The timetable will be communicated at the beginning of the lessons.

Readings/Bibliography

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons with seminars.

Assessment methods

Oral examen

Teaching tools

Frontal lessons with audiovisual supports

Office hours

See the website of Marco De Marinis