ANCIENT THEATRE

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

LT0266

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS

Disciplinary Sector:

Clasical Philology

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

BRAVI Luigi

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

108

Prerequisites:

Good knowledge of both Ancient Greek and Latin

Objectives

Instruction in Teatro e drammaturgia antica contributes, by means of the study of ancient texts for the stage, of which an exemplary case is investigated, to the the wider task of the course of study in Filologia linguistica e tradizioni letterarie to bring students nearer to the field of philological research and to a well grounded teaching.
The expected learning outcomes are:
• knowledge of the theatrical phenomenon in the ancient world (origins, forms and historical development) and its most up-to-date analysis tools
• ability to connect knowledge to the analysis of the ancient theatrical text
• acquisition of independent judgment, which also enables to suggest interventions on the critical structure of the text
• communication skills of the contents through the specificities of the sector language

Contents

1. The building of the theatre, the dramatic festivals, actors and choir, the organization of tragic and comic performance in Greece and Rome
2. Euripides’Hecuba: song and stage

Extended Syllabus

The program involves the detailed study and a more critical review of the knowledge of the elements of ancient theatre already reached in the Laurea triennale. The reading and discussion in the class of an ancient theatrical text, in the specific case of Euripides’Hecuba, in its original language and in critical edition, are the occasion for a historical, cultural-historical and specifically dramaturgical analysis of an ancient text, illustrated by a scientific exegetical commentary.

Recommended Bibliography

1. A. Pickard-Cambridge, Le feste drammatiche di Atene, Firenze 1996 (La Nuova Italia); G. Chiarini-F. Mosetti-Casaretto, Introduzione al teatro latino, Milano 2004 (Mondadori Università)
2. Euripides. Hecuba, edited by Luigi Battezzato, Cambridge, University Press, 2018;
Useful consultation: B. Gentili-L. Lomiento, Metrica e ritmica. Storia delle forme poetiche nella Grecia antica, Milano 2003 (Mondadori Università).
Further mandatory readings and other helpful information will be communicated during the semester and attached to the bureau’s door for students.

Teaching Methods

The course consists in 42 hours of lecturing including various forms of formative and summative assessment.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The final assessment consists in one oral examination in which students will demonstrate their acquistion of the class content and the ability to analyze an ancient text. The grade scale goes from 1 to 30 cum laude: 1-17 insufficient, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 cum laude excellent.

Contacts/More Information

Students can arrange an appointment by e-mail.

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Chieti - Pescara

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