DRAMATURGY AND HISTORY OF ANCIENT DRAMA
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher:
MONICA CENTANNI
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate (according to the
Dublin descriptors):
1) knowledge and
understanding skills such as to reinforce those achieved in the first cycle;
ability to elaborate and / or apply original ideas, in a research context.
2) ability to
apply knowledge and understanding and ability to solve problems to new or
unfamiliar issues, inserted in broader (or interdisciplinary) contexts
connected to one's field of study;
3) ability to
integrate knowledge and to formulate judgments on the basis of information
that is not necessarily complete;
4) ability to
communicate one's knowledge clearly and unambiguously to specialist and
non-specialist interlocutors.
5) ability to
carry out research autonomously.
In particular, by providing
methodological coordinates for studying primary and secondary sources and for
interpretation and analysis of textual and iconographic sources, the class
prepares the student to deal the reading of texts of ancient theatre
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Course Structure
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The course is divided into:
– a general part, relating to the sources
(archaeological, literary, iconographic) on the Greek and Roman theatre, and
on the theoretical and aesthetic principles of the theatrical genre
– a specific part on dramaturgy and the staging of
the theatrical text, which takes its cue from the dramaturgical analysis of a
tragic work.
The course will be carried out with lectures and
in-depth seminars.
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Required Prerequisites
Good knowledge of Greek and Latin language and literature;
Good knowledge of the fundamentals of Classical Philology.
Attendance of Lessons
Attendance at lectures and tutorials is highly recommended;
participation in the seminars and conferences that will be organised on topics relevant to
the course is also recommended
Detailed Course Content
1st part (general section) Module A
- From Myth to Drama: the origins of tragedy and comedy
- Theatrical texts and iconography (V / IV century BC)
- Aristotle's theories on the tragedy
2nd part – monographic section Module B
- Prometheus by Aeschylus:
a dramaturgical analysis
Textbook Information
A Methodology (4 CFU)
TEXTS
– Aristoteles, Poetica, with
original text and translation; recommended edition: Aristotele, Poetica, edited by D. Lanza, BUR, Milano 1987, pp. 115-223.
BOOKS
– G.
Mastromarco, P. Totaro, Storia del teatro greco,
Le Monnier Università/Mondadori Education, Milano 2008, pp.1-294.
CHAPTERS
Giulia Bordignon (ed. by), Scene dal
mito, Guaraldi, Rimini, 2015, pp.7-144 (methodological essays); pp.
163-228, or, alternatively, pp. 229-312 (case studies:
allegories; Niobe; Laocoön, or: Philoctetes, Medea).
B Dramaturgical
analysis of Prometheus by Aeschylus (2 CFU)
TEXT and COMMENTARY
– Aeschylus,
Prometheus: in Eschilo, Tutte le tragedie,
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The assessment of the examination will take into account the candidate's mastery of the content and skills acquired, linguistic accuracy and lexical propriety, as well as his or her ability to argue.
An in itinere test on the first module of the course is planned.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
– Origins of tragedy and comedy: comparing hypotheses (Greek and Latin sources)
– Analysis of some passages from the Poetics in the programme
– Dramaturgical analysis of some passages of the drama in the programme (on the original Greek text)
– Relations between ancient drama (Greek and Latin) and iconography: case studies
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