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Performing Arts
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI "L'ORIENTALE"
Overview
Date/time interval
Syllabus
Course Objectives
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
The course intends to provide a historical and analytical reconstruction of a specific phenomenon - that of the New Theatre -, aiming at understanding the functioning of the linguistic mechanisms of the stage. At the end of the lectures, students will have to demonstrate that they 1. possess an overall knowledge of the history of theatre between the mid-1950s and the early 1920s; 2. know how to recognise the construction and structure of the works; 3. reconstruct the mechanisms of theatrical storytelling; 4. know how to relate dramaturgical data and stage sign.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
In the assessment, the student must be able to formulate an organic and coherent discourse on the topics addressed during the training course. Starting from the topics addressed, and from the knowledge acquired, the student must demonstrate: 1. critical capacity in the analysis of historical and critical issues relating to the New Theatre 2. broad knowledge of artistic experiences, applying personal and autonomous strategies of reading and approach; 3. ability to analyse the historical and critical texts adopted; 4. adequate knowledge of the linguistic elements of the theatrical scene 5. ability to relate the mechanisms of the scenic narrative to those of the theatrical action.
FURTHER EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Autonomy of judgement:
The student should be able to identify and rework the information contained in the adopted texts, managing to organise the exposition of the topic in a personal way.
Communication skills:
The student should be able to report coherently, logically and exhaustively on the topics addressed
Learning skills:
The student will have to express an adequate critical understanding of the texts studied, demonstrating that he/she has understood the themes and issues dealt with during the course in a non-fragmentary and non-mnemonic manner.
Course Prerequisites
A useful prerequisite would be knowledge of the basic outlines of theatre history but, given that not all students taking the examination in the Master's degree have taken one in the same subject area in the three-year course, it is not taken for granted and an attempt will be made to compensate for its possible lack during the course with information deemed indispensable.
On the other hand, a good knowledge of history, cultural history and literary history and a suitably mature approach to study are expected.
PROPEDEUTICALITY
None
Teaching Methods
Teaching includes lectures and interactive lectures by the lecturer, aimed at guiding students in learning the proposed topics. Lessons will be conducted with the support of audiovisual documents and teaching materials organised with the use of multimedia tools.
Assessment Methods
The examination consists of an oral interview. Assessment criteria: coherence in the exposition, capacity for historical contextualisation, ability to analyse the narrative structures of spectacular works, completeness of information, technical and linguistic language property.
Language of the exam: Italian.
Texts
- Salvatore Margiotta, Il Nuovo Teatro in Italia 1968-1975, Titivillus, 2013
- Marco De Marinis, Il Nuovo Teatro 1947-1970, Bompiani, 2000
Contents
The New Theatre in Italy between the 1960s and 1970s
1. Presentation of the course: didactic organisation, topics of the programme, bibliography, object of study of theatre history, fundamentals of theatrical language;
2. Study of the salient moments of the second theatrical twentieth century
3. Analysis of the relationship between stage context and forms of theatrical composition
4. Recognition of the most emblematic formations and artists of the context examined.
Course Language
Italian
More information
In the course of the academic year the student, in order to sit the examination, is required to attend at least two live performances (thus excluding films and video-recorded works), which may be freely chosen according to individual taste and possibilities. On the chosen performances the student must be able to briefly report at the beginning of the examination interview on the stage design, acting and organisation of the dramatic narrative.
The programme is valid for the examination sessions of two academic years: 2025-26 and 2026-27.