Course teached as: B026257 - DRAMMATURGIA CLASSICA 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE STUDIES Curriculum LETTERE ANTICHE
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Introduction to the ancient Greek Attic Theatre, in particular to the V century B.C. tragedy: origins, cultural, political and religious context; the festivals and the space of the theatre; actors, masks, direction etc. The general issues will be analysed through the example of a text, the Clouds by Aristophanes and the satyre of the philosophers in Greek literature.
U. Albini, Nel nome di Dioniso, Garzanti 1991
G. Mastromarco – P. Totaro, Storia del teatro greco, Carocci 2008
B. Zimmermann, La commedia greca, Carocci editore 2016
C. F. Russo, Aristofane autore di teatro, Sansoni 1992
Aristofane, Le nuvole, a cura di G. Guidorizzi, Mondadori 1996
Aristofane, Le nuvole, a cura di A. Grilli, BUR 2001
Aristofane, Gli Acarnesi, Le nuvole, Le vespe, Gli uccelli, a cura di G. Paduano, Garzanti 2015
Aristophanes, edizione critica a cura di N. Wilson, Oxford 1998
Learning Objectives
Knowledge: the class aims at giving the knowledge of the structural elements and of the cultural context of the ancient drama, through the reading of an exemplar text.
Competence: the acquisition of the technical terminology related to the performance of the ancient drama, an analysis of the keys of communication, the skill in comparing a dramatic text with other cultural sources; the skill in comparing Aristophanes’ drama and the modern theatre.
Behaviour skills: students are encouraged to organize their own career and study and to use all the facilities offered by the CdS, to participate actively to classes and to construct a positive contact with the teacher, to share with others the library and study resource.
Prerequisites
for all: knowedge of the italian language and basic information on the ancient Greek dramatists (which can be acquired, if necessary, reading a school handbook of ancient Greek literature); for classics students: knowledge of the ancient Greek language.
Teaching Methods
oral lessons of the teacher, but with an active participation of the students in reading the chosen text (in italian or in greek). For the students in classics: exercise in translation and metrics
Further information
DAMS students will follow only the classes on the general history of the theatre and on the Aristophanic text read and commented in italian: possibly they will be given written papers to prepare, which will be part of the final evaluation. Classics students will follow also the specific classes on translation and metrics and will translate in class, each for a part.
Type of Assessment
The final exam wants to verify that students have acquired knowledges and skills through a colloquium: first they will be asked in general about the Attic theatre and on Aristophanes on the basis of selected essays, then they must comment some passages (in italian or in Grek) of the chosen text.
For the final evaluation the papers written by the DAMS students and, for classics students, their active participation in translating the text will be taken into account.
Course program
Among the books listed above or others mentioned in class, all the students must read one essay about the history of the ancient theatre and one about Aristophanes. The DAMS students must read the Clouds in italian and give comments in detail; the classics students must read and translate the whole tragedy from Greek and show competence in the metrics studied in class.