HISTORY OF THEATRE AND SHOW BUSINESS
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher:
LAURA PERNICE
Expected Learning Outcomes
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).
In application of the Dublin descriptors, the course
1. 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;
2. develops the autonomous ability to relate what has
been learnt to other historical and cultural disciplines;
3. 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.
Course Structure
The first lessons (about 20 hours) will be dedicated
to explain and analyze modules A and B. The remaining ones will be necessary
for the in-depth module on Fanny & Alexander's opera directing and for the
on-going test.
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.
Required Prerequisites
No prerequisites required
Attendance of Lessons
Attendance is not compulsory
Detailed Course Content
Module A - Features of theatre
history
This module describes
the birth and the development of theatre from its origins to nowadays.
Module B - Vocabulary
of theatrical terminology
This path serves to clarify theories and issues
closely related to dramaturgy, and even touches on central contemporary themes
such as the relationship between theatre and media and technology.
Modulo C - The digital evolution
of Opera theatre: intermedial dramaturgies and technological visualities in
Fanny & Alexander’s opera spectacles
This in-depth module is based
on the eminently technological stage and visual innovations of the Fanny &
Alexander’s opera spectacles.
Textbook Information
Module A - Features of
theatre history (3 ECTS) prof.ssa Scattina
Text:
E. Wilson, A. Goldfarb, Storia del teatro, trad. it. S.
Pietrini, Milano, McGraw-Hill, 2010
(pp. 435)
Module B - Vocabulary of theatrical terminology (1 ECTS) prof.ssa Pernice
Text:
P.
Pavis, Dizionario del teatro, ed.
by P. Bosisio, Imola (BO), CUE Press, 2022 (520 pp.;
the vocabulary to be studied will be indicated in the course of the lectures).
Module C - The
digital evolution of Opera theatre: intermedial dramaturgies and technological
visualities in Fanny & Alexander’s opera spectacles (2 ECTS) prof.ssa Pernice
Texts:
- L. Pernice, Immaginazioni
intermediali. Le regie liriche di Fanny & Alexander, Torino,
Kaplan, 2022 (pp. 175).
Videolectures:
- Fanny & Alexander,
Il flauto magico (2015).
-
Fanny & Alexander, Orfeo nel metrò
(2019).
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.
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