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B003522 - HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE THEATRE
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Academic Year 2015-16
Course year
Second year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
History, Archaeology, Geography, Fine and Performing Arts (SAGAS)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
L-ART/05 - PERFORMING ARTS
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
36
Teaching Term
01/03/2016 ⇒ 01/06/2016
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The teaching offers a detailed overview of spectacularity in the Ancien Regime, starting with the analysis of the social, economic and, moreover, spectacular 'assumptions' strictly related to the medieval age, then focusing on the specific spectacular features of Renaissance and Baroque ages, with a special attention to the Medicean area of Tuscany. Then, we will deepen the various constituent elements of the theatrical phenomenon, aiming to show their close and mutual relationships.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
The notes of the lessons are indispensible.
J. Le Goff, voce Documento/Monumento, in Enciclopedia universale, Einaudi, 1978.
L. Allegri, Teatro e spettacolo nel Medioevo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2009.
S. Mamone, Il teatro nella Firenze medicea, Milano, Mursia, 1991.
S. Mamone, Dèi, Semidei, Uomini. Lo spettacolo a Firenze tra neoplatonismo e realtà borghese (XV-XVII secolo), Bulzoni, Roma, 2003.
As an element of support in the study the following text is suggested: S. Mazzoni, Atlante iconografico. Spazi e forme dello spettacolo in occidente dal mondo antico a Wagner, Corazzano (Pisa), Titivillus, 2003.
J. Le Goff, voce Documento/Monumento, in Enciclopedia universale, Einaudi, 1978.
L. Allegri, Teatro e spettacolo nel Medioevo, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2009.
S. Mamone, Il teatro nella Firenze medicea, Milano, Mursia, 1991.
S. Mamone, Dèi, Semidei, Uomini. Lo spettacolo a Firenze tra neoplatonismo e realtà borghese (XV-XVII secolo), Bulzoni, Roma, 2003.
As an element of support in the study the following text is suggested: S. Mazzoni, Atlante iconografico. Spazi e forme dello spettacolo in occidente dal mondo antico a Wagner, Corazzano (Pisa), Titivillus, 2003.
Learning Objectives
The course aims to offer the students, already learned in the basic principles of the history of theatre, the deeper analysis of the medieval and renaissance spectacle, focusing the passage from the widespread medieval spectacle to the modern conception of the unique space in the Renaiisance.
Throughout divers exempla, the student will achieve a deeper knowledge in the historical and cultural sources.
Throughout divers exempla, the student will achieve a deeper knowledge in the historical and cultural sources.
Prerequisites
Students must have achieved 6 cfu in the disciplines of the L-ART/05 area.
Teaching Methods
Frontal lessons, written tests, vision of multimedial sources.
Further information
The frequancy is indispensible and it will be checked during the course.
Type of Assessment
Written or oral tests during the course. The final exam is oral.