HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT GREEK THEATRE

Angelo MERIANI HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT GREEK THEATRE

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DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF6
CULTURAL HERITAGE SCIENCES
2020/2021

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO CONTRIBUTE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OTHER LINGUISTIC, LITERARY-HISTORICAL AND ARTISTIC-HISTORICAL DISCIPLINES, TO ENABLE THE STUDENT TO ACQUIRE A MENTALITY THAT CONSIDERS ANCIENT GREEK THEATRE, IN ITS VARIOUS ARTICULATIONS AND MANIFESTATIONS, AS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF EUROPEAN CULTURE, AND HISTORICAL-LITERARY KNOWLEDGE AS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR GENERAL HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION.
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THROUGH THE STUDY AND LEARNING OF THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT SHOULD LEARN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS OF THE DISCIPLINE AND APPLY HIS/HER KNOWLEDGE TO OTHER AREAS OF HIS/HER EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND; IN PARTICULAR, HE/SHE WILL HAVE TO GET USED TO FORMULATING AND SOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMS, BOTH IN SPECIFIC FIELDS OF STUDY AND IN WORK CONTEXTS.
Prerequisites
1. MASTERY OF WRITTEN AND ORAL ITALIAN (ABILITY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND WRITTEN TEXTS, TO LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND ORAL SPEECHES, TO SUMMARISE THEM EXTEMPORANEOUSLY AND WITH LINGUISTIC ACCURACY, ORALLY AND / OR IN WRITING; ABILITY TO PRODUCE, WITH ADEQUATE LANGUAGE SKILLS, WRITTEN AND ORAL REPORTS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS); 2. BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY AND HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD; 3. ABILITY TO USE A HISTORICAL ATLAS.
Contents
THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING PONTS:
1. READING OF SELECTED PASSAGES FROM TRAGEDIES, COMEDIES AND SATYRICAL DRAMAS, WITH CRITICAL INTRODUCTION, TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY. 2. READING OF SELECTED THEORETICAL TEXTS OF GREEK AUTHORS ON THEATRE AND THEATRICAL POETRY.
Teaching Methods
22 LECTURES, BASED ON THE TEXTS IN THE PROGRAMME: 21 OF 2 HOURS, 1 OF 1 HOUR: 45 HOURS IN TOTAL; ATTENDANCE IS NOT COMPULSORY. THOSE STUDENTS WHO DECIDE NOT TO ATTEND THE COURSE ARE IN ANY CASE REQUIRED TO PREPARE THE PROGRAMME CARRIED OUT BY THE PROFESSOR, STUDYING ALL THE REFERENCE TEXTS. THE LECTURES WILL BE DELIVERED IN ITALIAN; DURING THEM NUMEROUS TEXTS IN ANCIENT GREEK WILL BE READ, TRANSLATED INTO ITALIAN AND COMMENTED ON.
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAMINATION. DURING THE EXAMINATION WILL BE EVALUATED THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE DEGREE OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE COURSE CONTENTS, THE ABILITY TO USE AND PRESENT THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE WITH AWARENESS, INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGMENT, AND APPROPRIATE EXPRESSION.
Texts
1. SOFOCLE, EDIPO RE - EDIPO A COLONO - ANTIGONE, TRADUZIONE DI R. CANTARELLA, NOTE E COMMENTO DI M. CAVALLI, A CURA DI D. DEL CORNO, TESTO GRECO A FRONTE, MONDADORI, MILANO 2017 (ISBN 9788804671121); 2. F. DÜRRENMATT, LA MORTE DELLA PIZIA, ADELPHI, MILANO 1988 (ISBN 978-8845902963); 3. G. MASTROMARCO-P. TOTARO, STORIA DEL TEATRO GRECO, LE MONNIER, FIRENZE 2008 (ISBN 9788800860567).
More Information
CLARIFICATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS COULD BE GIVEN, ON REQUEST OF THE STUDENTS, AT THE END OF THE LECTURES; STUDENTS COULD ALSO WRITE TO THE PROFESSOR VIA EMAIL: A.MERIANI@UNISA.IT.
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