- Docente: Renzo Tosi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-FIL-LET/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics (cod. 9220)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Philology, Literature and Classical Tradition (cod. 0970)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics (cod. 0973)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Archaeology and Cultures of the Ancient World (cod. 8855)
Learning outcomes
Students are expected to know the Greek and Roman theatre as a whole (places of performance, festivals and dramatic competitions, poets and preserved works; directors, chorus, players; relationship with public and institutions; the different dramatic genres and their history) and to develop a critical attitude towards the main issues concerning the Greek and Roman theatre. Furthermore, they are expected to know the examined pieces thoroughly.
Course contents
Dramatic performances in the ancient world, with a special regard to Athenian tragedy and its importance for the modern theatre
Lectures: Monday 9-11, Tuesday 9-11 (Aula II, via Zamboni 32) Thursday 9-11 (Aula Forti, via Zamboni 32).
Beginning of the lectures: November 6th., 2017, 9 a.M.
Readings/Bibliography
1.
. As for the general part, the following books are suggested:
U. Albini, Nel nome di Dioniso. Vita teatrale nell'Atene classica, Milano, Garzanti, 1991; G. Avezzù, Il mito sulla scena. La tragedia ad Atene, Venezia, Marsilio, 2003; G. Chiarini - F. Mosetti Casaretto, Introduzione al teatro latino, Milano, Mondadori, 2004; V. Di Benedetto - E. Medda, La tragedia sulla scena. La tragedia greca in quanto spettacolo teatrale, Torino, Einaudi, 1997; M. Di Marco, La tragedia greca. Forma, gioco scenico, tecniche drammatiche, Roma, Carocci, 2000; G. Mastromarco, Introduzione ad Aristofane, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1994; G. Mastromarco - P. Totaro, Storia del teatro greco, Firenze, Le Monnier Università, 2008; G. Paduano, Il teatro antico. Guida alle opere, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2005; A. Pickard-Cambridge, Le feste drammatiche di Atene, it. transl., Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1996; B.Zimmermann, La Commedia greca, Roma, Carrocci, 2010.
2. The students must read one of the following textes: Eschilo, Goethe, Shelley, Gide, Pavese, Prometeo (F. Condello);Euripide, Grillparzer, Alvaro, Medea. Variazioni sul mito (M.G.Ciani);Euripide, Seneca, Racine, D'Annunzio, Fedra (M.G.Ciani);Euripide, Wieland, Rilke, Yourcenar, Raboni, Alcesti (M.P.Pattoni;Plauto, Molière, Kleist, Giraudoux, Anfitrione (L. Pasetti); Sofocle, Anouilh, Brecht, Antigone. Variazioni sul mito (M.G.Ciani);Sofocle, Euripide, Hofmannstahl, Yourcenar, Elettra (G.Avezzù);Sofocle, Fénelon, Gide, Müller, Filottete (A. Alessandri – M. Massenzio) ; Sofocle, Seneca, Dryden e Lee, Cocteau, Edipo (G. Avezzù), Euripide, Racine, Goethe, Ritsos, Ifigenia (C. Barone)
Teaching methods
The lessons will be carried out as a
seminar: the textual analysis and the discussion will be
collective.
Photocopies of the most important texts will be given out and
students will be required to do their own researches in the Library
of the Department.
Assessment methods
Oral examination The mark range is from 30 cum laude to 18: the teacher will evaluate the student's knowledge of Greek and Roman theatre as a whole and his ability to develop a critical attitude towards the main issues concerning the Greek and Roman theatre and its importance for western theatre.
Teaching tools
PC, photocopies
Links to further information
http://www.classics.unibo.it/CLASSICS/
Office hours
See the website of Renzo Tosi