- Docente: Luca Vaccaro
- Credits: 6
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics (cod. 9220)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the laboratory the student will be able to identify the main textual problems in relation to the forms and functions of theatrical writing: characters, dialogue and caption. It will also be able to include the relationships between the literary text and the dramatic text, paying attention to the extra-textual components (scenography, lighting, music).
Course contents
«Usciti in fantasia» with Luciano De Crescenzo.
From the narrative text to the theatrical text.
«In Naples, “uscito in fantasia” (to be translated broadly "out in fantasy") is a gentle, and perhaps even poetic, way to say that a man has gone mad» [L. De Crescenzo]. It is evident that in this case the expression "going out in fantasy" (“uscire di fantasia”) does not indicate "going out" of the head, losing the light of reason. Yet - explains De Crescenzo - "uscito in fantasia" is a phrase that insinuates "doubt", which declares a certain perplexity towards the "real”. It can even be said that this linguistic formula hides something of enlightened flexibility, of superhuman pretension, which is in essence the force that carries those who want to "go beyond", those who try to create art, as the writer does for example.The Laboratory of Italian Theater Literature (A.Y. 2020/2021) looks at the fantasy and dramatic character of Luciano De Crescenzo's fiction with the aim of making participants acquire literary and expressive tools for a dramatic purpose.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:
- L. De Crescenzo, Alfonso Carotenuto, in ID., Usciti in fantasia. Nove racconti, Milano, Mondadori, 1994, pp. 13-19;
- L. De Crescenzo, Tonino Capone, in ID., Usciti in fantasia. Nove racconti, Milano, Mondadori, 1994, pp. 91-100;
- L. De Crescenzo, Il dubbio, Milano, Mondadori, 1992.
Readings/Bibliography
- L. De Crescenzo, Alfonso Carotenuto, in ID., Usciti in fantasia. Nove racconti, Milano, Mondadori, 1994, pp. 13-19;
- L. De Crescenzo, Tonino Capone, in ID., Usciti in fantasia. Nove racconti, Milano, Mondadori, 1994, pp. 91-100;
- L. De Crescenzo, Il dubbio, Milano, Mondadori, 1992
Other 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 25 students. In order to register for the course, students must communicate their presence by sending an email to the following address: 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 1th, 2022 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 1 February 2021)
Aula Forti, 11:00-13:00
- Wednesday
Aula Forti, 11:00-13:00
- Thursday
Aula Forti, 11:00-13:00
Teaching tools
The final evaluation and the recognition of the relative credits (6 cfu) is based on the active participation in all the lessons and on the evaluation of the written work carried out by the students. Attendance at the Laboratory is compulsory to obtain the credits. Therefore, only two absences will be allowed.
Office hours
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