Studi teatrali comparati

The course aims to offer an overview of the history of the European spectacle, following as its main thread the transformation and adaptation of certain theatrical themes and phenomena to their productive and receptive context. Indeed, due to its essentially communicative nature, theatre has always constituted a particularly effective medium in the dissemination of themes, characters, myths, models of behavior, contributing to the change, or vice versa to the
entrenchment, of mentalities, habits, customs.
The migration of the spectacle has taken place through countless channels which, while not always easy to identify - due to the ephemeral nature of the "theatrical relationship," that is, the relationship between actors and audience - have in fact proved to be penetrating, so much so that some theatrical themes or phenomena can be traced even in social and cultural contexts that are very distant from each other in both time and space. By retracing their journey, from their origins to the present day, it will be possible to reflect on their relevance or possible rupture in relation to contemporary society and culture.

At the end of the course, students will have acquired the methodological skills specific to the history of theatre and performing arts, i.e. the ability to interpret the phenomena dealt with through an interdisciplinary point of view, based on a rigorous critique of the sources (literary, visual, musical, etc.), being able to orient themselves in the retrieval and selection of information through the different types of media. They will be able to independently analyze a dramatic text and at the same time relate it to its staging. They will be able to discuss and argue the course topics in a seminar context, both by applying the methods learned and by developing and perfecting autonomous analysis strategies. Finally, they will be able to draft an individual written work of adequate methodological rigor.