- Docente: Claudia Sebastiana Nobili
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-FIL-LET/10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Music and Theatre Studies (cod. 8837)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics (cod. 9220)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students should know the italian dramatic literature, expecially from XVIth to XXth century. They will be able to discuss the most important authors and texts, to put them in historical perspective, and to improve their cultural competency about modern italian theatre, with special attention to the performance (mis-en-scene).
Course contents
Part 1. Theatrical works in modern Italy: an introduction.
Part 2. A drama and his mis-en-scene: an example.
Readings/Bibliography
a. Part 1
Silvana Sinisi - Isabella Innamorati, Storia del teatro. Lo spazio scenico dai greci alle avanguardie, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2003.
Roberto Alonge, Nuovo manuale di storia del teatro. Quell’oscuro oggetto del desiderio, Torino, UTET, 2008, pp. 63-74 (Il secondo Cinquecento e la Commedia dell’Arte); pp. 167-179 (Settecento: la nascita del dramma borghese); pp. 244-254 (Primo Novecento: le avanguardie e la centralità di Pirandello).
b. Part 2
Slides and notes from the lessons will be procured online, at the end of the course, on the website www.unibo.it (IOL).
N.B. Students that don't attend the lectures must also read the following texts:
6 credits exam:
Niccolò Machiavelli, La mandragola.
Ludovico Ariosto, Cassaria.
Carlo Goldoni, Il ventaglio.
Vittorio Alfieri, Mirra.
Luigi Pirandello, Enrico IV.
12 credits exam:
Niccolò Machiavelli, La mandragola.
Pietro Aretino, La cortigiana.
Ludovico Ariosto, Cassaria.
Carlo Goldoni, Il ventaglio.
Carlo Goldoni, La locandiera.
Vittorio Alfieri, Mirra.
Vittorio Alfieri, Saul.
Luigi Pirandello, Enrico IV.
Luigi Pirandello, Tutto per bene.
Eduardo de Filippo, Natale in casa Cupiello.
Teaching methods
The lectures will focus on general problems concerning the major authors of comedies and dramas of the modern italian tradition.
Assessment methods
The oral exam will concern the most important authors of the italian theatrical works presented in the teacher's lectures, and analysed in the recommended readings.
Teaching tools
Slides
CD
DVD
Office hours
See the website of Claudia Sebastiana Nobili
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.