28138 - Technical Theories of Drama Composition (LM)

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will:

- acquire a historical, theoretical and technical knowledge on the compositional dynamics of the text and the dramatic spectacle;

- know how to critically analyse the different forms of writing for the scene;

- identify the performance potentials of extra-scenic textual materials;

- recognize the interactions between the spectacular level, the literary level and the social context. Making composition exercises corresponding to the main scenic and textual elements, students will develop skills in the dramaturgical application of the previously studied principles.

Course contents

Course contents

Society, writing, performance in the composition from the early 20^th century to today, and in media interaction.

This course will provide students with an in-depth knowledge and practical applications on various compositional dynamics from the advent of the director to today.

More specifically, it will deal with the synergies between author and ensemble, Stanislavskij's texts on direction, Brecht's “stage writing”, new epic dramaturgy, avant-garde composing and the theatrical experience of Pier Paolo Pasolini with special reference to the intergenerational relations within its tragedies. For each topic, they will be analysed dramatic texts, "scenic writing" documents and visual documentation. This course includes a review of the main trends of the Sixties and Seventies through the controversial, theoretical and dramatic writings of Pier Paolo Pasolini. The second module will be dedicated to a workshop accompanied by technical notions on the decomposition and editing of the sounds, aiming to apply the notions acquired and the production of multimedia dramaturgy by the attending students.

I Module (6 credits): society, writing, performance in the composition from the early 20^th century to today

II Module (6 credits): society, writing, performance in multimedia interaction

Module I + II: society, writing, performance in the composition from the early 20^th century to today, and in the multimedia interaction

Beginning of the lessons: Monday, September 23, 2019.

Class schedule. First Period (23 Sep-28 Oct)

Monday, 11am-13pm, Tuesday 11am-3pm, Wednesday 11am to 3pm. Aula Cruciani, Via Barberia 4.

Class schedule. Second Period (29 Oct. - Dec 9)

Monday, 11 am-1 pm, Tuesday, 11 am-1 pm, Wednesday, 11 am -1 pm. Aula Magrini, Via Barberia 4.

Readings/Bibliography

Readings/Bibliography

I Module (six credits)

Examination program

1 – Dispensa di teoria e tecnica della composizione drammatica, a cura del Prof. Gerardo Guccini, con la collaborazione della Dott.ssa Nicoletta Lupia (available at Arpho, Via Barberia 9)
2- Stefano Casi, Angela Felice, Gerardo Guccini (a cura di), Pasolini e il teatro, Venezia, Marsilio, 2012, (only the pages from 3 to 240)
3- Gerardo Guccini, Nicoletta Lupia, Laboratorio Pasolini, (available at Arpho, Via Barberia 9)
4 - three dramatic texts of Pier Paolo Pasolini: Pilade, Calderon, Orgia.

Module II (six credits)

The activities of the second module will be workshops and involve the design and implementation of multimedia dramaturgy.

The module includes the use of instruments on the decomposition and assembly of sounds.

Non-attending students are required also to prepare:

K. S. Stanislavskij, Le mie regie 1. Il gabbiano, a cura di Fausto Malcovati, CUE Press (available also in digital format)

Stefano Casi, I teatri di Pasolini, Milano, Ubulibri, 2005, only the pages from 19 to 181.

Three dramatic texts of Pier Paolo Pasolini: Affabulazione, Porcile, Bestia da stile

Module I + II (12 credits)

1 – Dispensa di teoria e tecnica della composizione drammatica, a cura del Prof. Gerardo Guccini, con la collaborazione della Dott.ssa Nicoletta Lupia (available at Arpho, Via Barberia 9)
2- Stefano Casi, Angela Felice, Gerardo Guccini (a cura di), Pasolini e il teatro, Venezia, Marsilio, 2012, (only the pages from 3 to 240).

3 - Gerardo Guccini, Nicoletta Lupia, Laboratorio Pasolini, (available at Arpho, Via Barberia 9).

4 - Three dramatic texts of Pier Paolo Pasolini: Pilade, Calderon, Orgia.

Non-attending students are required also to prepare:

5)K. S. Stanislavskij, Le mie regie 1. Il gabbiano, a cura di Fausto Malcovati, CUE Press (available also in digital format)
6) Stefano Casi, I teatri di Pasolini, Milano, Ubulibri, 2005, only the pages fron 18 to 181.
7) Three drammatic texts of Pier Paolo Pasolini: Affabulazione, Porcile, Bestia da stile.

Teaching methods

Lectures supported by workshops and seminars

Assessment methods

Oral examination

Teaching tools

Lectures and workshops of multimedia dramaturgy. Workshops will be integrated by instrumentation on the decomposition and editing of the sounds, supported by Maestro Fabio Regazzi.

Office hours

See the website of Gerardo Guccini