Learning objectives
Critical tools and knowledge so to be able to 'reading the plays'
Course unit content
Contemporary Theatres and theatrical cultures, in Italy and in Europe
Full programme
We will afford the study of theatre dealing with many artistic practices, italian and foreinger; a special place shall be given to Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil. The course will also provide concepts and terminology to speak of theatre and will teach how to 'read' a play and to recognise theatrical languages at stake in several mise-en- scènes.
Bibliography
CRITICISM
Luigi Allegri, Prima lezione di teatro, Laterza 2012
Bertolt Brecht, Breviario di estetica teatrale, in Scritti teatrali, Torino, Einaudi, 2001, pp. 113-149
Giovanna Zanlonghi, La regia teatrale nel secondo Novecento: utopie, forme e pratiche, Roma, Carocci, 2009
Silvia Bottiroli e Roberta Gandolfi, Un teatro attraversato dal mondo: il Théâtre du Soleil, oggi, Pisa, Titivillus, 2012
DRAMATURGY
Bertolt Brecht, Antigone
Samuel Beckett, Aspettando Godot
Antonio Tarantino, Cara Medea
Un testo a scelta fra: Antigone di Sofocle o Medea di Euripide
AND ONE MORE BOOK TO CHOOSE AMONG A LIST GIVEN BY THE TEACHER
Teaching methods
Frontal teaching; vision of performances at the theatre, and critical analysis.
Assessment methods and criteria
Frontal teaching; vision of performances at the theatre, and critical analysis.