Learning objectives
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
- develop a critical understanding of theatrical events, fully framing them
within the correct historical and cultural contexts (as per the second
Descriptor);
- manage complex judgments and information on staging, theatrical
activities and all their different actors (as per the third Descriptor);
- transmit in a clear and unambiguous way the knowledge they gained,
by making the most of the specialized terms used in the field (as per the
fourth Descriptor);
- develop further skills in autonomous learning when staging and theatre history are concerned,
expecially with approaching archival research (as per the fifth
Descriptor).
The minimum learning level for this course is considered reached by
students when they become able to navigate the history of contemporary theatre
Prerequisites
None. The students who afford for the first time a course of Theatre History will have to add a volume in their bibliography: Luigi Allegri, "Invito a teatro", Laterza 2018
Course unit content
The course explores and research a quite unkown chapter of local theatre history and of Parma's university history: the Festival Internazionale del Teatro Universitario (FITU, 1953-1971) e la compagnia del Teatro Universitario that was active in the same period of time. The coruse is indeed a course on methodology in researching theatre history, since it includes visiting local archives who hold collections related to this history and critically working on the items they contain. In one case at least, at Centro Studi Movimenti, we will apply directly at opening the archives.
The course makes use of audio and video material and invovles students in simulation (creating direction of research) and exploring the archives.
Full programme
TITOLO:
UNIVERSITY THEATRES AND THEIR FESTIVALS DURING THE FIFTIES AND THE SIXTIES: ARCHIVES AND MEMORIES
Lectures with historical/critical approach: 14 h.
A cultural history of university theatres, dealing with theatre history, university history, history of young generations and their cultures.
The Festival Internazionale del Teatro Universitario in Parma, and its company: historical significance, problems, issues. The repertory, the context: the period of neo-avanguardia and political theatre.
Metodological basis (6 ore)
How to structure a research concerning contmeporary theatre (in general) and university theatres (in apecific)? Oral sources and written sources; the archives and their items; how to approach to sources concerning theatre history
Case studies (10 ore)
Sources, collections, document; the collections regarding TU in Parma: Fondazione Teatro Due, Centro Studi Movimenti, Archivi della Casa della Musica, altri; le memorie orali raccolte da Ormete.
Bibliography
Critical essays necessary for studying are available on Elly platform (https://elly.dusic.unipr.it/2019/course/view.php?id=303¬ifyeditingon=1)
For details see, on ELLY PLATFORM:
if you are a student who has followed the classes, the file named "LM Gandolfi programma DEF" ; if you study on you own (non frequentante), see the file named "LM Gandolfi 2019-20 NF"
Teaching methods
Frontal teaching with the aid of audio and video material
Group work, guided by the teacher, on collections and archives
Assessment methods and criteria
a) Lecture, possibly in front of the whole group, taking in account one case study, fruit of group work, on sources and memories regarding University Theatres and their development. Evaluation expressed with numbers (from 18 to 30); it contributes to the final evaluation for
4/10th
c) Exam: oral interrogation (individual) dealing with the whole course,
both bibliography and essaies, and what explained during the course.
Evaluation expressed with numbers (from 18 to 30); it contributes to the
final evaluation for one half of the final vote.
Other information
STUDENTS UNABLE TO FOLLOW THE CLASS:
as stated in the file named "LM Gandolfi 2019-20 NF", available on the ELLY platform,
the bibliography includes also three playwrights and one volume, to be choosen among the following three:
Gandolfi Roberta, "Un'Istruttoria lunga più di trent'anni. Memoria, olocausto, performance al Teatro Due di Parma", Mimesis, 2015
Perrelli Franco, "Le origini del teatro moderno: da Jarry a Brecht", Laterza 2016
Visone, Daniela, "La nascita del nuovo teatro in Italia: 1959-1964", Titivillus, 2010
The students 'non frequentanti' must contact the teacher as to the bibliography and the exam
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