Stefano GRAZZINI | HISTORY OF THEATRE AND ANCIENT DRAMA
Stefano GRAZZINI HISTORY OF THEATRE AND ANCIENT DRAMA
cod. 0312600056
HISTORY OF THEATRE AND ANCIENT DRAMA
| 0312600056 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES | |
| EQF6 | |
| HUMANITIES | |
| 2024/2025 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 3 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2020 | |
| AUTUMN SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-FIL-LET/05 | 6 | 30 | LESSONS |
| Exam | Date | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPELLO RISERVATO AI F.C. | 09/01/2025 - 08:30 | SESSIONE ORDINARIA | |
| APPELLO RISERVATO AI F.C. | 09/01/2025 - 08:30 | SESSIONE DI RECUPERO | |
| APPELLO STUDENTI CON 165 CFU | 09/01/2025 - 08:30 | SESSIONE ORDINARIA | |
| APPELLO STUDENTI CON 165 CFU | 09/01/2025 - 08:30 | SESSIONE DI RECUPERO | |
| APPELLO GENNAIO | 21/01/2025 - 08:30 | SESSIONE ORDINARIA | |
| APPELLO GENNAIO | 21/01/2025 - 08:30 | SESSIONE DI RECUPERO | |
| APPELLO FEBBRAIO | 13/02/2025 - 08:30 | SESSIONE ORDINARIA | |
| APPELLO FEBBRAIO | 13/02/2025 - 08:30 | SESSIONE DI RECUPERO |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| INTRODUCE ALL STUDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE WITHOUT CLASSICAL TRAINING, TO ANCIENT GREEK AND LATIN DRAMA, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION DEVOTED TO ITS IMPACT ON MODERN THEATRE AND ITS FORMS. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. TO LEARN, THROUGH A CRITICAL EXPLORATION OF KEY CONTEXTS AND MOMENTOUS TURNING POINTS IN THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT DRAMA, ITS MAIN TECHNICAL AND THEATRICAL DEVICES, AS WELL AS ITS VARIOUS FORMS AND GENRES. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE MAIN STEPS IN THE EVOLUTION OF ANCIENT DRAMA, FROM THE ARCHAIC PERIOD IN GREECE TO THE IMPERIAL AGE IN ROME, ALSO PROVIDING AN ACCURATE READING OF A NUMBER OF PLAYS TO BE SET AGAINST THE LARGER CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT WITHIN WHICH THE PLAYS WERE PRODUCED AND PERFORMED. MAKING JUDGEMENTS STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO IDENTIFY THE ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THE HISTORY OF THE THEATRE AND OF THE LITERARY GENRE TO WHICH ANY GIVEN WORK TRAGIC AND COMIC BELONGS COMMUNICATION THE STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO: - PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION, BOTH TECHNICALLY RIGOROUS AND PERSONALLY CONSTRUCTED, OF THE MAIN STAGES IN THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT DRAMA; - PRESENT THE TEXT OF BOTH A COMEDY AND A TRAGEDY, RESORTING TO THE INTERPRETIVE TOOLS OF CRITICISM, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION DEVOTED TO ASPECTS SUCH AS THE THEATRICAL PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE; LIFELONG LEARNING SKILLS THE STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO: - FAMILIARIZE WITH THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT DRAMA, SOPHISTICATED AND POPULAR ALIKE, DISPLAYING SOME AWARENESS OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE DIFFERENT FORMS AND GENRES OVER TIME; - CRITICALLY ANALYSE THE TEXT OF BOTH A TRAGEDY AND A COMEDY, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION DEVOTED TO THE MISE EN SCÈNE. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| NONE |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| THE STUDENTS WILL CONSIDER ANCIENT DRAMA IN ITS MAIN ASPECTS, IN PARTICULAR BY STUDYING ITS HISTORICAL MAKING, BEGINNING WITH THE ORIGINS OF COMEDY AND TRAGEDY. THE APPROACH WILL COMBINE SYNCHRONIC AND DIACHRONIC PERSPECTIVE, DWELLING ON THE EVOLUTION OF DIFFERENT DRAMATIC FORMS OVER TIME, ON THEIR TRANSFORMATION WITHIN ROMAN CULTURE (WITHOUT NEGLECTING LESS CANONICAL FORMS DEVELOPED IN THE ITALIC CULTURAL CONTEXT SUCH AS THE ATELLANA, MIME, AND PANTOMIME). BESIDES ASSIMILATING THE MATERIALS PROVIDED BY THE INSTRUCTOR, THE STUDENTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO READ A TEXT ON THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT DRAMA AS WELL AS A TRAGEDY AND A COMEDY. |
| Teaching Methods | |
|---|---|
| CLASSROOM-TAUGHT LECTURES; IN-CLASS DEBATES TO ENCOURAGE ACTIVE LEARNING. |
| Verification of learning | |
|---|---|
| EXAMINATIONS ARE GRADED ACCORDING TO A SCALE RANGING FROM 0 TO 30, WITH 18 AS A PASS MARK. THE MINIMUM PASSING GRADE (18/30) IS AWARDED TO ANY STUDENT WHO DEMONSTRATES A BARELY ADEQUATE FAMILIARITY WITH THE BASICS OF CLASSICAL THEATER ON BOTH THE LINGUISTIC AND PHILOLOGICAL LEVEL, AS WELL AS BETRAYING A SUPERFICIAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE TEXTS AND QUESTIONS ADDRESSED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE, OR FAILING TO ARTICULATE THEM ADEQUATELY EITHER IN ORAL OR WRITTEN FORM. THE MAXIMUM GRADE (30/30, POSSIBLY CUM LAUDE) IS AWARDED TO ANY STUDENT WHO DEMONSTRATES A THOROUGH AND IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF BOTH METHODS AND MATTERS, AS WELL AS SUCCEEDING IN ARTICULATING THE TOPICS UNDER DISCUSSION WITH AN OUTSTANDING COMMAND OF LANGUAGE AND A CAPACITY FOR INDEPENDENT THINKING, ALSO IN REFERENCE TO CONTEXTS NOT IMMEDIATELY RELATED TO THOSE ADDRESSED BY THE TEACHER. |
| Texts | |
|---|---|
| G. GUIDORIZZI, INTRODUZIONE AL TEATRO GRECO, MILANO, MONDADORI, 2003. EURIPIDE, LE BACCANTI, A CURA DI V. DI BENEDETTO, MILANO, BIBLIOTECA UNIVERSALE RIZZOLI, 2004. PLAUTO, PSEUDOLUS, INTRODUZIONE DI E. PARATORE, TRADUZIONE E NOTE DI G. FARANDA, MONDADORI, MILANO, 2000. THE TEACHER WILL PROVIDE SOME IN-DEPTH CHAPTERS FROM THE VOLUME BY S. MONDA, O. ROSSINI, L. SPAGNUOLO, TEATRO. AUTHORS, ACTORS AND AUDIENCES IN ANCIENT ROME, ROME-BRISTOL (USA), 2024 |
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