STORIA DEL TEATRO E DELLO SPETTACOLO

The course enables the student to master the subject (knowledge) in order to use and apply it in other fields of study with the correct use of the specific technical language (skills).

Specific objectives: in application of the Dublin descriptors, the course

- provides the student with knowledge and understanding of the basic elements of the history of Italian and European theatre, in its various components (stage space, scenography, dramaturgy and acting), from its origins to the second half of the 20th century;

- develops the autonomous ability to relate what has been learnt to other historical and cultural disciplines;

- enables him/her to use the knowledge acquired and the specific language learnt for the so-called 'transversal competences' (autonomy of judgement, communication skills) and to develop them both in the analysis of the material covered in the lessons and in the reading and interpretation of new texts.

The first lessons (about 20 hours) will be dedicated to explain and analyze modules A and B. The remaining classes will be needed for the in-depth study of Rosario Palazzolo's dramaturgy (with texts by ’A Cirimonia, Ouminicch’, Letizia Forever), and for the two in-progress rehearsals. To allow students to acquire the methodological instruments necessary to analyze the languages of theatre will be projected and discussed, during the lessons, films and videos related to some plays that have marked the history of theater.

Students will also be invited to watch performance in city theaters.

The course schedules meetings with artists, professors and operators of the sector.

Module A - Features of theatre history
This module describes the birth and the development of theatre from its origins to nowadays.

Module B - “Thinking” about the space, the actor, the dramatic text and the performance

This module is about re-thinking theater: as it has been, as it should be, or as it is.

Module C - For a theater of irony, the impossible and contradiction

Rosario Palazzolo dramaturgy does not shy away from the temptation to exhibit, and organize, the agony of the human being. Ouminicch’ (2007), ’A Cirimonia (2009) and Letizia Forever (2013), enact a world without metaphysics, wretched, contradictory and plagued by an implacable bad luck inherent in the mystery of life.

Module A - For a history of theater (3 ECTS)

Text:

- R. Alonge, F. Perrelli, Storia del teatro e dello spettacolo, Torino, UTET, 2019 or other edition (pp. 467. The parts being studied, totaling 300 pages, will be indicated in class and by studium).

 

Module B - “Thinking” about the space, the actor, the dramatic text and the performance (1 ECTS)

Text:

-    F. Cruciani, C. Meldolesi, F. Ruffini, F. Taviani, Pensare il teatro, a cura di R. Cuppone, Corazzano (Pi), Titivillus, 2024 (pp. 128).

 

Module C - For a theater of irony, the impossible and contradiction (2 ECTS)

Text:

-    R. Palazzolo, Iddi. Trittico dell’ironia e della disperazione (for Letizia Forever e Ouminicch’), Spoleto, Editoria&Spettacolo, 2016, pp. 208.

-    R. Palazzolo, ’A Cirimonia, will be provided in pdf by studium, pp. 55.

 

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.