THEATRICAL LANGUAGE, THEORY AND PRACTICE

This course is part of the master's degree course [EM3] ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES - Economics and management of the arts and culture. The course provides students with appropriate specialist knowledge in the field of theatrical and musical productions, closely linked to the elements of the history of the performing arts necessary for the construction of a professional organizational and managerial role.
The teaching allows the student to recognize and understand the notions of artistic autonomy in the art system and in the cultural field chosen by him by providing him with conceptual and argumentative tools to interpret the state of the arts in their respective historical contexts.

THE TEACHING IS STRUCTURED IN TWO CONNECTED MODULES (II module: see program Prof.ssa Maria Ida Biggi).
The two modules of the course are closely related in relation to the title that unites them, distinguished by a division of the field, chronological and thematic.

1. Knowledge and understanding.
Achievement of a set of elements useful for the definition of theatrical studies and for the historical characterization of it. Acquisition of ibliographic tools useful for autonomously dealing with theatrical cultures in order to decipher their forms and contentes.

2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding.
Knowing hoiw to bring the theatrical literature back to specific cultural domains, recognizing, also on the basis of the relevant crtical literature, some peculiar traditions. Properly interpretation of examples examined in class, citing the interpretative tools of the most suitable bibliography for the purpose.

3. Ability to judge.
To be aware that interpretation can never be severed from in-depth knolewdge of prevoius criticism and historiography, and from the continous comparison of them with the most recently updated bibliographic data.

Nothing (however, basic knowledge is preferable, such as that provided by the Bachelor's degree courses)

History of theatre and history of dramaturgy.
The course intends to offer a general reference panorama which concerns together the history of the acting, its forms, places and its organization in the modern age and which considers together - but not separately from the first dimension - a history of dramatic literature and its genres.

A bibliography will be provided during the course.
Reference text:
Alle fonti del teatro. Documenti per la storia dello spettacolo in Occidente, a cura di Luigi Allegri e Francesco Cotticelli, Roma, Carocci, 2022

The exam includes a written essay on a topic of student’s choice, which apply methodological perspectives and the tools offered during the course. The term paper is discussed during the oral exam.

written and oral

For the grading, the definition criteria provided by the university, which are reported here, will be followed:
A. scores in the 18-22 range will be awarded in the presence of:
- sufficient knowledge and ability to understand applied in reference to the program;
- limited ability to collect and/or interpret data, formulating independent judgments;
- sufficient communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language that pertains to the economic functioning of public services;
B. scores in the 23-26 range will be awarded in the presence of:
- fair knowledge and ability to understand applied in reference to the program;
- fair ability to collect and/or interpret data, formulating independent judgments;
- fair communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language that pertains to the economic functioning of public services;
C. scores in the 27-30 range will be awarded in the presence of:
- good or excellent knowledge and understanding applied in reference to the program;
- good or excellent ability to collect and/or interpret data, formulating independent judgments;
- fully appropriate communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language that pertains to the economic functioning of public services.
D. honors will be awarded in the presence of knowledge and understanding applied in reference to the program, judgment and communication skills, excellent.

The exam is structured in two parts:
- a written essay, which deals with the application of the essential analysis tools (especially formal) and the personal study of a topic or topic among those dealt with during the course, freely chosen by the student;
- an oral discussion of the same
The verification thus concerns the exposition in written and oral form and aims at a balanced coexistence between theoretical and applied knowledge, reference to the general program and personal elaboration.

The essay consists of a work of about ten pages, provides a formal analysis according to a model proposed during the lessons and a free thematic-problematic analysis of the content.
The essay is then discussed during the oral examination, which may eventually also take up the central issues presented during the course.

The double form of the written work and the oral discussion is considered to allow a wider possibility of verification.
The exam will be about the autonomy of judgment, communication abilities and learning skills that students must acquire.
For this purpose the establishment of an "open" program was successfully tested: in this program the student choose texts and detailed studies in addition to what is analyzed in lectures, of which the final part, after establishing the bases of the course is devoted to proposals in this direction.

Students who did not attend the course, should agree an alternative program with the teacher during his office hours.