CODE 64870 ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024 CREDITS 8 cfu anno 2 ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION 11120 (LM-4) - GENOVA 8 cfu anno 1 ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION 11120 (LM-4) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 3 CONSERVAZIONE DEI BENI CULTURALI 8453 (L-1) - GENOVA 9 cfu anno 3 LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - GENOVA 9 cfu anno 1 LETTERE 8457 (L-10) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 2 LETTERE 8457 (L-10) - GENOVA 9 cfu anno 2 LETTERE 8457 (L-10) - GENOVA 9 cfu anno 3 LETTERE 8457 (L-10) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 3 LETTERE 8457 (L-10) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-ART/05 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW This course provides students with a basic knowledge of the history of Western Theater. The course aims at: 1) introducing students to the concepts of “Theater” and “Performing Arts”; 2) making students familiar with the most important forms and functions that theater has covered during history; 3) offering cues for a first analytic approach to contemporary theatre. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES This course provides students with a basis of knowledge on the history of the theater and performing arts. The aim is to connect knowledge of historical events to an understanding of the various forms, meanings and functions that “Theater” and “Spectacle” have taken in different times and places. A focus is on the relationship that, at times, has been established between text (if present) and performance (the spectacle, which can be broken down into many elements: playwriting, acting, direction, scenography etc.). The ultimate goal is to provide students with the skills to describe, analyze and interpret contemporary theater. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES - Ability to put a theatrical event its historical context (in relation to dramaturgy, space and acting) and to express it - Ability to distinguish and analize, at a basic level, the different elements of a theatre performance - Ability to describe, analize and interpret at a basic level contemporary theatre For students attending regularly lessons and taking the written examinations: - Ability to communicate (written and oral) successfully, by using textual and iconografic sources - Ability to organise and evaluate individual laearning through istant polling methods PREREQUISITES There are no prerequisite for this course. TEACHING METHODS In-class lectures with slides and video projections. Registration on Aulaweb is compulsary. SYLLABUS/CONTENT After a brief theoretichal introduction to the discipline, the lessons will be dedicated to the most important events of the history of theater in the western world from the 5th century B.C. to the second half of the 20th century. The third module will discuss contemporary performance with the partecipation of prof. Heiner Goebbles, DIRAAS visiting professor, and dr. Federica Scaglione. NB: check Aulaweb for updates and specifications RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY ERASMUS STUDENTS - 6 CFU (= 40 hours class lessons) Storia del teatro, a cura di R. Alonge e F. Perrelli, Torino, UTET-Università, 2019 Notes and slides published on Aulaweb Four plays to be read in full: Euripides, The Suppliants; W. Shakespeare. Hamlet, H. Ibsen, A Doll's House; P. Weiss, The Investigation. ERASMUS STUDENTS - 9 CFU (= 60 hours class lessons) Add to the bibliography for 6 CFU further reading (arranged individually). Bibliography for students not proficient in Italian language may be arranged individually in other languages (English, or French or German). TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD LIVIA CAVAGLIERI Ricevimento: Write an email to livia.cavaglieri@unige.it to fix a live or remote appointment. Exam Board LIVIA CAVAGLIERI (President) ROBERTO CUPPONE EMANUELA CHICHIRICCO' (Substitute) FEDERICA SCAGLIONE (Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START 19 February 2024 Class schedule THEATRE HISTORY EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Attending students may subdivide the whole program and take two partial written tests, during the semester. Not attending students will take an oral exam. ASSESSMENT METHODS Students will be evaluated in their capacity of giving a clear account of the subjects; problematizing studied issues; debating with the istructor Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 17/01/2024 10:00 GENOVA Orale 14/02/2024 10:00 GENOVA Orale 06/05/2024 10:00 GENOVA Orale 29/05/2024 10:00 GENOVA Orale 19/06/2024 10:00 GENOVA Orale 17/07/2024 10:00 GENOVA Orale 02/09/2024 10:00 GENOVA Orale FURTHER INFORMATION The following workshops are not compulsary, but recommended (for more information, see https://corsi.unige.it/8457/p/studenti-laboratori): Laboratorio di allestimento del testo teatrale Laboratorio di teatro pratico Laboratorio di teatro sociale Laboratorio di promozione e comunicazione dello spettacolo dal vivo OpenBadge PRO3 - Soft skills - Imparare a imparare base 1 - A PRO3 - Soft skills - Alfabetica base 1 - A