LT0072 - ITALIAN THEATRICAL LITERATURE

courses
ID:
LT0072
Duration (hours):
42
CFU:
6
SSD:
LETTERATURA ITALIANA
Located in:
CHIETI
Url:
HUMANITIES/LETTERE CLASSICHE Year: 3
HUMANITIES/LETTERE MODERNE Year: 1
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (01/03/2026 - 31/05/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Theatrical literature, which can be considered an integral part of Italian Literature, tackles Italian dramaturgic production with an eye to the text, one of the fundamental components of the theatrical archipelago. Dialoguing with the disciplines of the show, it shares the main learning objectives as the study course in Letters: to get to know in a critical manner the evolution of Italian dramaturgy with reference to the history of literary genres; to learn one’s way among the themes and stylistic features of the individual authors and the periods to which they belong; to know how to analyze the dramaturgical component of the theatre in a theoretical and historiographical perspective that takes into account the historically complex relationship between spectacle and literature.LEARNING OUTCOMESOn completion of the course, students must demonstrate:1. that they can recognize the specific physiognomy of a theatre text and the stylistic features linked to specific periods and individual authors;2. that they can analyze, in the context of the theatre phenomenon, the dramaturgical component in a theoretical and historiographical perspective that takes into account the historically complex relationship between the universe of the spectacle and that of literature;3. that they can place the theatre text in its ideological-cultural context; 4. the ability to carry out an exhaustive and updated bibliographical research.

Course Prerequisites


PREREQUISITES
none

Teaching Methods


TEACHING METHODS
Classroom lessons, exercises, seminars, lectures, group work.

Assessment Methods


LEARNING ASSESSMENT METHOD
The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. The aim is to assess students’ skills and in particular, an understanding of the issues discussed during the course, an appropriate knowledge of the bibliography in the course programme, a correct command of the specific language as well as critical and methodological abilities will be evaluated. The grading scale goes from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent.

Texts


REFERENCE TEXTS
For the exam:
6 ECTS
- DOSSIER provided by the teacher (in MOODLE folder);
DISPENSA del docente contenente saggi e testi (in MOODLE folder)
Gabriele D’ANNUNZIO, La figlia di Iorio, a cura di R. Bertazzoli, Introduzione di P. Gibellini, Garzanti, 2018;
Luigi PIRANDELLO, Enrico IV, a cura di A. di Silvestro, Mondadori, 2019;
Alberto SAVINIO, Alcesti di Samuele, Adelphi, 2022;
Giovanni TESTORI, Trilogia degli scarrozzanti (L’Ambleto), Feltrinelli, 2021;
Text for non-attending students (6 ECTS):
Gabriele D’ANNUNZIO, La figlia di Iorio, a cura di R. Bertazzoli, Introduzione di P. Gibellini, Garzanti, 2018;
Luigi PIRANDELLO, Enrico IV, a cura di A. di Silvestro, Mondadori, 2019;
Alberto SAVINIO, Alcesti di Samuele, Adelphi, 2022;
Giovanni TESTORI, Trilogia degli scarrozzanti (L’Ambleto), Feltrinelli, 2021;
Angela GUIDOTTI, Forme del tragico nel teatro italiano del Novecento, ETS, 2016.
9 ECTS
- DOSSIER provided by the teacher (in MOODLE folder);
Gabriele D’ANNUNZIO, La figlia di Iorio, a cura di R. Bertazzoli, Introduzione di P. Gibellini, Garzanti, 2018;
Luigi PIRANDELLO, Enrico IV, a cura di A. di Silvestro, Mondadori, 2019;
Corrado ALVARO, Lunga notte di Medea, in Euripide, Seneca, Grillparzer, Alvaro, Medea. Variazioni sul mito, Marsilio, 2024;
Alberto SAVINIO, Alcesti di Samuele, Adelphi, 2022;
Giovanni TESTORI, Trilogia degli scarrozzanti (L’Ambleto), Feltrinelli, 2021;
Text for non-attending students (9 ECTS):
Gabriele D’ANNUNZIO, La figlia di Iorio, a cura di R. Bertazzoli, Introduzione di P. Gibellini, Garzanti, 2018;
Luigi PIRANDELLO, Enrico IV, a cura di A. di Silvestro, Mondadori, 2019;
Corrado ALVARO, Lunga notte di Medea, in Euripide, Seneca, Grillparzer, Alvaro, Medea. Variazioni sul mito, Marsilio, 2024;
Alberto SAVINIO, Alcesti di Samuele, Adelphi, 2022;
Giovanni TESTORI, Trilogia degli scarrozzanti (L’Ambleto), Feltrinelli, 2021;
Angela GUIDOTTI, Forme del tragico nel teatro italiano del Novecento, ETS, 2016.

Contents


CONTENTS
Tragedy in the 20th centuryThe course envisages: 1) a preliminary discourse on the specificity of the dramaturgical text; 2) a more generalsection dedicated to the history of 20th century Italian dramaturgy; 3) an in-depth section focusing on the poetics of tragedy in theatre, with special reference to the relationship between theories and texts. We will read texts by d’Annunzio, Pirandello, Savinio, Testori, Raboni.
Videos of some plays will be shown during the course. Trips to theatre performances and participation in theatre workshops will also be organised.

Course Language


ITALIAN

More information


OTHER INFORMATION
Supplementary text for non-attending students: Angela GUIDOTTI, Forme del tragico nel teatro italiano del Novecento, ETS, 2016.

Degrees

Degrees (2)

HUMANITIES 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
HUMANITIES 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
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