ITALIAN THEATRICAL LITERATURE

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

LT0072

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018

Year of supply:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in HUMANITIES

Disciplinary Sector:

ITALIAN LITERATURE

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

DI NALLO Antonella

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

162

Prerequisites:

PREREQUISITES
none

Objectives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Theatre literature, which may said to be an integral part of Italian Literature, tackles Italian dramaturgical production with a special eye to the text, one of the fundamental components of the theatre archipelago. Dialoguing with the disciplines of te show, it shares the main learning objectives as the study course in Letters: to get to know in a critical manner the evolution of Italian dramaturgy with reference to the
history of literary genres; to learn one’s way among the themes and stylistic features of the individual authors and the periods to which they belong; to know how to analyse the dramaturgical component of the theatre in a theoretical and historiographical perspective that takes into account the historically complex relationship between the universe of the spectacle and that of literature.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On completion of the course, students must demonstrate:
1. that they can recognise the specific physiognomy of a theatre text and the stylistic features linked to specific periods and individual authors;
2. that they can analyse, in the context of the theatre phenomenon, the dramaturgical component in a theoretical and historiographical perspective that takes into account the historically complex relationship between the universe of the spectacle and that of literature;
3. that they can place the theatre text in its ideological-cultural context;
4. the ability to carry out an exhaustive and updated bibliographical research.

Contents

CONTENTS

The influence of Shakespeare on Italian dramaturgy from the 19th to the 21th century.
The course envisages: 1) a preliminary discourse on the specificity of the dramaturgical text; 2) a more general
section dedicated to the history of Italian dramaturgy
from the 19th to the 21th century; 3) a section of in-depth study centred on The influence of Shakespeare on Italian dramaturgy from the 19th to the 21th century, with
special reference to the relationship between writing
texts and the dynamics of staging. During the course
there will be DVD screenings of several plays.

Extended Syllabus

SUMMARY OF PROGRAMME

CONTENTS

REFERENCE TEXTS

6 ECTS

For the exam:

- SHAKESPEARE, Amleto e Riccardo III (qualsiasi edizione);

- C. BENE, Riccardo III, in C. BENE, Opere, Bompiani, 2002, pp. 755-831;

- G. BARTALOTTA, Carmelo Bene e Shakespeare, Bulzoni, 2000;

- E. MOSCATO, Mal-d’Hamlé, in E. MOSCATO, Quadrilogia di Santarcangelo, Milano, Ubulibri, 1999, pp. 9-61;

- S. POETA, Santarcangelo 1994. Variazioni anglo-napoletane sul teatro di Shakespeare, in “Ariel”. Quadrimestrale di drammaturgia dell’Istituto di Studi Pirandelliani e sul Teatro Italiano Contemporaneo, A. XX, n. 1 (gennaio-aprile 2006), pp. 79-97;

- DOSSIER (provided by the teacher).

9 ECTS

For the exam:

- SHAKESPEARE, Amleto, Riccardo III, La tempesta (qualsiasi edizione);

- C. BENE, Riccardo III, in C. BENE, Opere, Bompiani, 2002, pp. 755-831;

- G. BARTALOTTA, Carmelo Bene e Shakespeare, Bulzoni, 2000;

- E. MOSCATO, Mal-d’Hamlé, in E. MOSCATO, Quadrilogia di Santarcangelo, Milano, Ubulibri, 1999, pp. 9-61;

- La tempesta di William Shakespeare nella traduzione in napoletano di Eduardo De Filippo, Torino, Einaudi, 1984 (in dispensa);

- A. LOMBARDO, Eduardo e Shakespeare, Roma, Bulzoni, 2004;

- DOSSIER (provided by the teacher).

Recommended Bibliography

REFERENCE TEXTS

6 ECTS

For the exam:

- SHAKESPEARE, Amleto e Riccardo III (qualsiasi edizione);

- C. BENE, Riccardo III, in C. BENE, Opere, Bompiani, 2002, pp. 755-831;

- G. BARTALOTTA, Carmelo Bene e Shakespeare, Bulzoni, 2000;

- E. MOSCATO, Mal-d’Hamlé, in E. MOSCATO, Quadrilogia di Santarcangelo, Milano, Ubulibri, 1999, pp. 9-61;

- DOSSIER (provided by the teacher).

9 ECTS

For the exam:

- SHAKESPEARE, Amleto, Riccardo III, La tempesta (qualsiasi edizione);

- C. BENE, Riccardo III, in C. BENE, Opere, Bompiani, 2002, pp. 755-831;

- G. BARTALOTTA, Carmelo Bene e Shakespeare, Bulzoni, 2000;

- E. MOSCATO, Mal-d’Hamlé, in E. MOSCATO, Quadrilogia di Santarcangelo, Milano, Ubulibri, 1999, pp. 9-61;

- La tempesta di William Shakespeare nella traduzione in napoletano di Eduardo De Filippo, Torino, Einaudi, 1984 (in dispensa);

- A. LOMBARDO, Eduardo e Shakespeare, Roma, Bulzoni, 2004;

- DOSSIER (provided by the teacher).

Teaching Methods

TEACHING METHODS

Classroom lessons, exercises, seminars, lectures, group work.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

LEARNING ASSESSMENT METHOD

The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. The aim is to assess students’ skills and in particular, an understanding of the issues discussed during the course, an appropriate knowledge of the bibliography in the course programme, a correct command of the specific language as well as critical and methodological abilities will be evaluated. The grading scale goes from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent.

Contacts/More Information

OTHER INFORMATION

Supplementary text for non-attending students:
S. Ferrone - T. Megale, Il teatro, in Storia della Letteratura italiana, vol. 9 (Il Novecento), a cura di E. Malato, Salerno, 2000, pp. 1369-1466.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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