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History of Italian Theater
ITAL225 SP

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



ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS: Active and prepared
participation in class discussion.

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: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: (ITAL111 OR ITAL112)

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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