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ITAL234
History of Italian Theater
ITAL234 FA
Not Currently Offered
This course covers 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
Prerequisites:
ITAL111 or ITAL112
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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