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This
course consists of 4 lessons in a Standard Language Course plus
2 private tutorials on Italian Theatre, each day.
Theater
is a fundamental feature of Italian culture and many foreigners,
as lovers of theater, are interested in understanding the texts
to improve their Italian. As in all thematic courses, this one aims
not only at providing knowledge of the language of theater, but
also at improving the student’s general knowledge of the Italian
language on the basis of the didactic principle that the things
that interest us are much more easily assimilated.
The
program can be carried out in several ways:
- A)
a short look at the main Italian playwrights, at theatrical trends
and movements, with readings, viewing of videos and stylistic
analyses of important pieces and theatrical language
- B)
the presentation and analysis of a specific movement or author
- C)
the presentation and analysis of a particular work
Program
A:
- The
Quattrocento: the age of multiform theaters;
- Court
fests;
- Commedia
dell’arte;
- Mimes;
- Theaters
of the Settecento;
- The
theater of Opera;
- The
great playwrights;
- D’Annunzio;
- Pirandello;
- The
futurists and fascist theater;
- The
post-war;
- Strehler,
Ronconi, Fo and Carmelo Bene;
- New
theater and the avant-garde;
- The
area of the stage;
- The
language of theater.
Programs
B and C
If
a student is particularly interested in a theatrical movement, in
a playwright or in a particular work, the course can focus entirely
on that topic. In such cases, we recommend that the student inform
us before arriving in order to give the instructor sufficient time
to prepare a specific program with selected texts
Example
of Program B: Pirandello
Biography,
his years of learning in Sicily, his first novels, the collection
of his short stories, his work with newspapers and magazines, his
essays, his first play: Se non così (1915), his plays in Sicilian
dialect, his first theatrical success: Tutto per bene (1920), his
fame abroad: Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore (1921), etc.
Example
of Program C: Pirandello, Sei personaggi in cerca d’ autore
Performed
for the first time on May 10, 1921, at the Teatro Valle of Rome
by the company of Dario Niccodemi, it is a complete fiasco! The
following years it is performed in London and New York with great
success. In 1923 is it performed in Paris in the version by Benjamin
Crémieux, etc.
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