Learning objectives
Knowledge and understanding: at the end of the course students acquire basic knowledge about the history of western performance, understanding the diversity of models produced by different eras and cultures, becoming aware of the relationships that exist in different societies between the components of the theatrical performance ( dramaturgy, use of space and scenography, actors' recitation, organization of the show A more specific knowledge will be acquired on the techniques and theories of contemporary theater.The course is completed by a workshop held by theater professionals on the specific languages of the scene.
Knowledge and understanding skills applied: students will be able to apply their knowledge and understanding skills to a basic knowledge of the history of theater and entertainment, especially contemporary, both in terms of dramaturgical and spectacular aspects.
Autonomy of judgment: students will develop the ability to collect and interpret data useful for determining independent judgments in the history of theater and entertainment, especially contemporary, including transversal reflections on cultural and intercultural, historical and anthropological issues related to them.
Communication skills: thanks to the dialogic communication that will be established during the lessons, the students will be able to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to specialists and non-specialist interlocutors.
Ability to learn: thanks to the general system of the course that focuses on the cultural processes of theater and entertainment in a social and anthropological context, students will develop the learning skills necessary to complete, with a good degree of autonomy, more specialized studies , but more generally also as learners in the second cycle.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
After a first part dedicated to the presentation of the discipline, to the reasons that suggest the study of the theater in a Course of Contemporary Communication and the illustration of the course structure, the teaching will focus mainly on the illustration of the different "theater ideas" of the history of the Western culture, from the Greek and the Roman, from the medieval to the Renaissance, from the Baroque to the nineteenth century, from that of the historical avant-gardes in their relationship with contemporary theatricality, because the theories and techniques of today are traced in their genesis in the course of history.
Full programme
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Bibliography
1. Luigi Allegri, Prima lezione sul teatro, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2012; Luigi Allegri, L’artificio e l’emozione. L’attore nel teatro del Novecento, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2009; Luigi Allegri, Invito a teatro. Manuale minimo dello spettatore, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2018.
For students who have not regularly attended classes,
can complete the exam preparation also in blended mode ("Elly" portal).
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons; moments of interaction during the plenary sessions, individual insights.
Assessment methods and criteria
The assessment method consists of an oral exam in which the student must demonstrate knowledge of the topics covered in the volumes indicated, as well as the topics covered during the lectures. Who has not been able to attend with diligence must demonstrate the knowledge of the contents of the other volume indicated. An assessment of insufficiency is determined by the lack of knowledge of the minimum contents of the course; from the incapacity to express themselves adequately to the topic; from the lack of autonomous preparation; from the inability to solve problems related to the retrieval of information and the decoding of texts; as well as the inability to make judgments in an autonomous way and to communicate contents, analyzes and judgments in a reasoned, competent and convincing way both to specialists and non-specialists. Sufficient evaluation (18-23 / 30) is determined by an acceptable level of performance by the student of the aforementioned evaluation indicators; the average scores (24-27 / 30) are awarded to the student who proves to have a level more than sufficient (24-25 / 30) or good (26-27 / 30) of the above evaluation indicators, the highest scores ( from 28/30 to 30/30 cum laude) are awarded based on the demonstration of a level from excellent to excellent.
Other information
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