HISTORY OF PERFORMING ARTS
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2021/2022
- Teacher
- DOMENICO GIUSEPPE LIPANI
- Credits
- 12
- Curriculum
- Comunicazione della cultura e delle arti
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- L-ART/05
Training objectives
- The course aims to provide a general knowledge of Theater history from Ancient Greece to 20th century Europe. Analyzing different historical periods, students can acquire the main concepts of theater for each period, looking at theater as a complex phenomenon. Students will also be able to understand how the various components of theater (text, scenography, acting, direction, production…) have been historically organized for performance.
Prerequisites
- None
Course programme
- The course will take place in the first semester (September - December 2020)
Module 1
“History of theater from Ancient Greece to 20th century Europe”. The module aims to provide a general introduction to the most important periods and events in theater history: Greek and Roman theatre, the Medieval stage, theater during the Renaissance, the birth of national theaters between 16th and 17th centuries, the bourgeois theater, the Twentieth-century theatre.
Module 2
"Questions of historiography of theater":
by the analysis of some of the most important italian studies on performing arts, the module focuses on the most relevant methodological and epistemological issues in Theater History: subject of study, sources, relationship with related disciplines (figurative arts, literature, etc.), problems concerning genres, periods, elements (acting, text, space, etc.) Didactic methods
- Lectures with video and classroom discussion. Distance learning is available.
Learning assessment procedures
- Oral exam. The student must answer 3 open questions on topics related to the program of the course. The exam lasts about 20 minutes.
Reference texts
- Module 1
R. Alonge, F. Perrelli, Storia del teatro e dello spettacolo, UTET, Torino, 2019 (3.ed.).
Module 2
Lecture notes
