HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY THEATRE

This course is part of the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Conservation of Cultural Heritage and Performing Arts Management (curriculum Tars and EGART) and is also available for the Bachelor of Arts in literary text and communication sciences course. The course provides a basic knowledge of contemporary theatre history (20th and 21st centuries), the workings of the various models of representation of a theater piece, and the principal theories governing their production and reception. It also provides the basic knowledge to work in the field of cultural heritage as a specialist in conservation and management of artistic heritage.

1. Knowledge and understanding.

The course continues the program of "Fondamenti di storia del teatro", with particular reference to the field of theater of the 20th and 21st centuries.

1.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.

Nobody. It is advisable to give priority to this teaching of "Fondamenti di storia del teatro", which offers the general theoretical foundations.

The course provides students with an overview of the history of theatre from the end of the XXth century to the present day by analysing the different genres, production processes and the audience's response.

Il teatro e le arti. Un confronto tra linguaggi, a cura di L. Allegri, Roma, Carocci, 2017
P. Vescovo, Il tempo a Napoil. Durata spettacolare e racconto, Venezia, Marsilio, 2011
P. Vescovo, La performance controversa. Tra vocazione rituale e vocazione teatrale , Imola, CUEPRESS, 2020, pp. 13-45
F. Taviani, Le visioni del teatro. Scritti sul teatro dell'Otto e Novecento, a cura di M. Schino, Roma, Bulzoni, 2021
Enciclopedia del Teatro del Novecento, a cura di A. Attisani, Milano, Feltrinelli, 1982 (reserve for main entries on authors, themes, etc)
A specific bibliography will be indicated/uploaded during the course.

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

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 course will be held in person.
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.

Ca' Foscari applies Italian law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) for the support and accommodation services available to students with disabilities or specific learning disorders. If you have a motor, visual, hearing or other disability (Law 17/1999) or a specific learning disorder (Law 170/2010) and request support (assistance in the classroom, technological aids for carrying out exams or exams individualized, material in accessible format, recovery of notes, specialist tutoring to support study, interpreters or other) contact the Disability and DSA office disabilita@unive.it.