ITALIAN THEATRICAL LITERATURE

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

LT0072

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2023/2024

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:

none

Objectives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Theatrical literature, which can be considered an integral part of Italian Literature, tackles Italian dramaturgic production with an eye to the text, one of the fundamental components of the theatrical archipelago. Dialoguing with the disciplines of the 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 analyze the dramaturgical component of the theatre in a theoretical and historiographical perspective that takes into account the historically complex relationship between spectacle and literature.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On completion of the course, students must demonstrate:
1. that they can recognize the specific physiognomy of a theatre text and the stylistic features linked to specific periods and individual authors;
2. that they can analyze, 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 poetics of comedy in 20th century Italian theatr"e.

The course envisages: 1) a preliminary discourse on the specificity of the dramaturgical text; 2) a more general
section dedicated to the history of 20th century Italian dramaturgy; 3) an in-depth section focusing on the poetics of comedy in theatre, with special reference to the relationship between theories and texts. We will read texts by Palazzeschi, Petrolini, Pirandello, Eduardo De Filippo, Achille Campanile, Ennio Flaiano, Dario Fo, Franca Valeri.
Videos of some plays will be shown during the course. Trips to theatre performances and participation in theatre workshops will also be organised.

Extended Syllabus

"The poetics of comedy in 20th century Italian theatr"e.

REFERENCE TEXTS
For the exam:

6 ECTS

- DOSSIER provided by the teacher (in MOODLE folder);
- Luigi PIRANDELLO, L’umorismo [1908], Introduzione di Salvatore Guglielmino, Oscar Mondadori, 1992 (solo Parte seconda. Essenza, caratteri e materia dell’umorismo, § I-IV + introduzione);
- Paolo PUPPA, Comico cencioso e comico filosofico, in Id., Il teatro dei testi. La drammaturgia italiana nel Novecento, Utet Libreria, 2003, pp. 92-124.

Text for non-attending students (6 ECTS):

9 ECTS

- DOSSIER provided by the teacher (in MOODLE folder);
- Luigi PIRANDELLO, L’umorismo [1908], Introduzione di Salvatore Guglielmino, Oscar Mondadori, 1992 (solo Parte seconda. Essenza, caratteri e materia dell’umorismo, § I-IV 119-146 + introduzione);
- Achille CAMPANILE, L'inventore del cavallo e altre quindici commedie, Introduzione di Ferdinando Taviani, Bur, 2002;
- Paolo PUPPA, Comico cencioso e comico filosofico, in Id., Il teatro dei testi. La drammaturgia italiana nel Novecento, Utet Libreria, 2003, pp. 92-124.

Text for non-attending students (9 ECTS):

- DOSSIER provided by the teacher (in MOODLE folder);
- Luigi PIRANDELLO, L’umorismo [1908], Introduzione di Salvatore Guglielmino, Oscar Mondadori, 1992 (solo Parte seconda. Essenza, caratteri e materia dell’umorismo, § I-IV 119-146 + introduzione;
- Achille CAMPANILE, L'inventore del cavallo e altre quindici commedie, Introduzione di Ferdinando Taviani, Bur, 2002;
- Paolo PUPPA, Il teatro dei testi. La drammaturgia italiana nel Novecento, Utet Libreria, 2003.

Recommended Bibliography

REFERENCE TEXTS
For the exam:

6 ECTS

Text for non-attending students (6 ECTS):

9 ECTS

- DOSSIER provided by the teacher (in MOODLE folder);
- Luigi PIRANDELLO, L’umorismo [1908], Introduzione di Salvatore Guglielmino, Oscar Mondadori, 1992 (solo Parte seconda. Essenza, caratteri e materia dell’umorismo, § I-IV 119-146 + introduzione);
- Achille CAMPANILE, L'inventore del cavallo e altre quindici commedie, Introduzione di Ferdinando Taviani, Bur, 2002;
- Paolo PUPPA, Comico cencioso e comico filosofico, in Id., Il teatro dei testi. La drammaturgia italiana nel Novecento, Utet Libreria, 2003, pp. 92-124.

Text for non-attending students (9 ECTS):

- DOSSIER provided by the teacher (in MOODLE folder);
- Luigi PIRANDELLO, L’umorismo [1908], Introduzione di Salvatore Guglielmino, Oscar Mondadori, 1992 (solo Parte seconda. Essenza, caratteri e materia dell’umorismo, § I-IV 119-146 + introduzione;
- Achille CAMPANILE, L'inventore del cavallo e altre quindici commedie, Introduzione di Ferdinando Taviani, Bur, 2002;
- Paolo PUPPA, Il teatro dei testi. La drammaturgia italiana nel Novecento, Utet Libreria, 2003.

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:

Paolo PUPPA, Il teatro dei testi. La drammaturgia italiana nel Novecento, Utet Libreria, 2003 (full text).

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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