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ITAL234
History of Italian Theater
ITAL234 FA
Crosslistings: FIST234
Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:40 EST 1997
)
Section Limit Enrollment Available
01 23 22 1
The development of Italian theater from the Renaissance to
the present. Topics will include: the COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE
tradition; Goldoni's reform of the Italian theater; the
political role of opera in the Risorgimento; the crisis of
bourgeois realism in Pirandello. Readings include
Machiavelli, Goldini, Alfieri, Verdi, Pirandello and Dario
Fo.
MAJOR READINGS
Machiavelli, LA MANDRAGOLA
Ariosto, LA LENA
Arentino, LA CORTIGIANA
Goldoni, LA LOCANDIERA
Verdi, RIGOLETTO
Pirandello, E COSI SE VI PARE
Natalia Ginzburg, TI HO ESPOSATO PER ALLEGRIA
Dario Fo, MORTE ACCIDENTALE DI UN ANARCHICO
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Papers, oral reports, final
exam.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Active and prepared
participation in class discussion.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the
first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form
to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA RLIT
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Nerenberg, E
- Times: M.W.... 1:10PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 2, Jr: 2, So: 2, Fr: 1
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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