Storia del teatro inglese lm
A.A. 2019/2020
Obiettivi formativi
By exploring a specific topic or topics, students will build on their already acquired knowledge and appreciation of theatre, dramatic literature, and performance in different cultural, historical, and interdisciplinary contexts.
They will be able to apply an eclectic range of critical tools, which they have selected from the overview of critical tools presented at B.A. Level, to explore specific texts as well as carrying out creative work in complex situations. In teacher-led seminars, they will study a small number of plays, exploring their potential in performance, by writing critiques and carrying out work in small groups (student-led), during which scenes from the plays are acted out and tested in performance. Under the guidance of teachers, students will also research, write and perform their own work in different settings, such as a theatre, a prison or a botanical garden. In many cases, students will be supervised by specialists in the Humanities but also specialists in biology and plant sciences, or other sciences according to the project at hand.
Students will learn about theatre translation theory and acquire practical translation tools. They will put this newly acquired theory into practice by translating fragments of plays, whether individually or in small groups, sometimes with the support of specialists and theatre practitioners. Their translations will be tested by professional actors whenever possible.
Students will be encouraged to produce portfolios, on their chosen subject, so developing an ability to carry out independent research. These portfolios, made up of written texts, audio and video materials, will reflect the students' growing competence not just as drama and theatre specialists but also in the area of digital humanities.
Through their participation in seminars and workshops, students will become steadily more aware of their social and ethical responsibilities as they understand better the possible roles of theatre studies specialists, writers, theatre critics and theatre makers in creating a society with strong ethical values marked by inclusion and sustainability.
They will be able to apply an eclectic range of critical tools, which they have selected from the overview of critical tools presented at B.A. Level, to explore specific texts as well as carrying out creative work in complex situations. In teacher-led seminars, they will study a small number of plays, exploring their potential in performance, by writing critiques and carrying out work in small groups (student-led), during which scenes from the plays are acted out and tested in performance. Under the guidance of teachers, students will also research, write and perform their own work in different settings, such as a theatre, a prison or a botanical garden. In many cases, students will be supervised by specialists in the Humanities but also specialists in biology and plant sciences, or other sciences according to the project at hand.
Students will learn about theatre translation theory and acquire practical translation tools. They will put this newly acquired theory into practice by translating fragments of plays, whether individually or in small groups, sometimes with the support of specialists and theatre practitioners. Their translations will be tested by professional actors whenever possible.
Students will be encouraged to produce portfolios, on their chosen subject, so developing an ability to carry out independent research. These portfolios, made up of written texts, audio and video materials, will reflect the students' growing competence not just as drama and theatre specialists but also in the area of digital humanities.
Through their participation in seminars and workshops, students will become steadily more aware of their social and ethical responsibilities as they understand better the possible roles of theatre studies specialists, writers, theatre critics and theatre makers in creating a society with strong ethical values marked by inclusion and sustainability.
Risultati apprendimento attesi
Equipped with a knowledge of the trends in drama and theatre through the centuries and the acquistion of a large number of critical tools, students will be capable of selecting specific periods and areas of drama and theatre in order to carry out in depth research on their chosen topics. In fact they will know how to apply their selected kit of critical tools to delve deep into complexity and produce insightful criticism and creative, innovative portfolios.
Due to their exposure to teachers from different disciplines, they will be able to communicate their research findings to specialist audiences in both the Humanities and Sciences. Their work in different settings will make them adaptable and able to take on new challenges with self confidence, whether they go on to write a doctorate dissertation or embark on a career in their chosen sector.
Due to their exposure to teachers from different disciplines, they will be able to communicate their research findings to specialist audiences in both the Humanities and Sciences. Their work in different settings will make them adaptable and able to take on new challenges with self confidence, whether they go on to write a doctorate dissertation or embark on a career in their chosen sector.
Periodo: Primo semestre
Modalità di valutazione: Esame
Giudizio di valutazione: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Corso singolo
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Programma e organizzazione didattica
Edizione unica
Periodo
Primo semestre
Informazioni sul programma
British Theatre Studies and Performance
Strangers, aliens and migrants in Shakespeare and some Contemporary Playwrights
Unità didattica A (20 ore, 3 cfu): Shakespeare and Otherness
Unità didattica B (20 ore, 3 cfu): Contemporary Intercultural Theatre
Unità didattica C (20 ore, 3 cfu): Translating and Adapting British Drama for the Italian Stage
Il corso è rivolto agli studenti di Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Lettere e studenti Erasmus.
Gli studenti interessati ad acquisire 6 cfu si atterranno al programma delle unità didattiche A e B; gli studenti interessati ad acquisire 9 cfu si atterranno al programma completo.
Il programma del corso è valido fino a febbraio 2021
Presentazione del corso
From the 16th century British theatre has represented Otherness, in the guise of strangers, aliens and migrants. Shakespeare was a pioneer in this sense, in such plays as The Merchant of Venice, Othello and The Tempest. Sir Thomas More, a work the Bard wrote together with a group of fellow dramatists, put the fraught question of migration in London centre stage. Four centuries later, the UK, especially in the big cities, is distinctly multicultural and multiethnic and several contemporary dramatists have charted this tendency. These plays represent, in very different ways, from a multitude of authorial perspectives, the deep divisions and conflict Britain is facing today. On 2 December an international conference, organised by Cristina Cavecchi and Margaret Rose, will be devoted to Sir Thomas More (more information will be provided at the beginning of the course). The symposium is an integral part of module A. In November students will attend rehearsals of Lorenzo Loris's production of Three more Sleepless Nights at Teatro Out Off,
Programma d'esame per studenti non frequentanti
Further reading for students who do not attend the course:
Edgar, David, How Plays Work, London, Nick Hern, 2003
Elam, Keir, The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama, London, Routledge,, 2002.
Melchiori, Giorgio, Shakespeare. Genesi e struttura delle opere, Bari, Laterza, 1994 (Introduction and the chapter, "Il mondo classico" pp. 511-556).
Avvertenza
La versione definitiva del programma sarà reperibile alla pagina web del corso, sul portale on line per la didattica Ariel (http://ariel.unimi.it). Tutti gli studenti sono tenuti a consultarla prima di presentarsi all'esame.
Gli studenti internazionali o Erasmus incoming sono invitati a prendere tempestivamente contatto col docente titolare del corso.
Le modalità d'esame per studenti con disabilità e/o con DSA dovranno essere concordate col docente in accordo con l'Ufficio competente.
Strangers, aliens and migrants in Shakespeare and some Contemporary Playwrights
Unità didattica A (20 ore, 3 cfu): Shakespeare and Otherness
Unità didattica B (20 ore, 3 cfu): Contemporary Intercultural Theatre
Unità didattica C (20 ore, 3 cfu): Translating and Adapting British Drama for the Italian Stage
Il corso è rivolto agli studenti di Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Lettere e studenti Erasmus.
Gli studenti interessati ad acquisire 6 cfu si atterranno al programma delle unità didattiche A e B; gli studenti interessati ad acquisire 9 cfu si atterranno al programma completo.
Il programma del corso è valido fino a febbraio 2021
Presentazione del corso
From the 16th century British theatre has represented Otherness, in the guise of strangers, aliens and migrants. Shakespeare was a pioneer in this sense, in such plays as The Merchant of Venice, Othello and The Tempest. Sir Thomas More, a work the Bard wrote together with a group of fellow dramatists, put the fraught question of migration in London centre stage. Four centuries later, the UK, especially in the big cities, is distinctly multicultural and multiethnic and several contemporary dramatists have charted this tendency. These plays represent, in very different ways, from a multitude of authorial perspectives, the deep divisions and conflict Britain is facing today. On 2 December an international conference, organised by Cristina Cavecchi and Margaret Rose, will be devoted to Sir Thomas More (more information will be provided at the beginning of the course). The symposium is an integral part of module A. In November students will attend rehearsals of Lorenzo Loris's production of Three more Sleepless Nights at Teatro Out Off,
Programma d'esame per studenti non frequentanti
Further reading for students who do not attend the course:
Edgar, David, How Plays Work, London, Nick Hern, 2003
Elam, Keir, The Semiotics of Theatre and Drama, London, Routledge,, 2002.
Melchiori, Giorgio, Shakespeare. Genesi e struttura delle opere, Bari, Laterza, 1994 (Introduction and the chapter, "Il mondo classico" pp. 511-556).
Avvertenza
La versione definitiva del programma sarà reperibile alla pagina web del corso, sul portale on line per la didattica Ariel (http://ariel.unimi.it). Tutti gli studenti sono tenuti a consultarla prima di presentarsi all'esame.
Gli studenti internazionali o Erasmus incoming sono invitati a prendere tempestivamente contatto col docente titolare del corso.
Le modalità d'esame per studenti con disabilità e/o con DSA dovranno essere concordate col docente in accordo con l'Ufficio competente.
Prerequisiti
Prerequisiti
None
Modalità della prova d'esame
Orale: the oral examination involves questions on the historical, literary, cultural, theatrical background of the plays in the programme. More specific questions will concern the major themes and texts analyzed and explored during the course. You can sit the exam in English or Italian. When you sit the exam, you should bring all the texts (in English) with you.
None
Modalità della prova d'esame
Orale: the oral examination involves questions on the historical, literary, cultural, theatrical background of the plays in the programme. More specific questions will concern the major themes and texts analyzed and explored during the course. You can sit the exam in English or Italian. When you sit the exam, you should bring all the texts (in English) with you.
Unità didattica A
Programma
Shakespeare and Otherness
Playtexts:
Antony Munday and Others, Sir Thomas More, eds., Vittorio Gabrieli, and Giorgio Melchiori, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1990
Shakespeare, William, The Merchant of Venice, ed., John Drakakis, Arden edition, 2010
Shakespeare, William, Othello (Arden Edition)
Shakespeare, William, The Tempest, eds., Virginia Mason Vaughan and Aldan T. Vaughan, Arden edition, 2011.
Critical Works
Critical essays will be indicated at the beginning of the course.
Playtexts:
Antony Munday and Others, Sir Thomas More, eds., Vittorio Gabrieli, and Giorgio Melchiori, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1990
Shakespeare, William, The Merchant of Venice, ed., John Drakakis, Arden edition, 2010
Shakespeare, William, Othello (Arden Edition)
Shakespeare, William, The Tempest, eds., Virginia Mason Vaughan and Aldan T. Vaughan, Arden edition, 2011.
Critical Works
Critical essays will be indicated at the beginning of the course.
Unità didattica B
Programma
Contemporary Intercultural Theatre
Playtexts:
Churchill, Caryl, Top Girls, any edition.
Kureishi, Hanif, Borderline in Plays One, London, Faber and Faber, 1999
Kwei Armah, Kwame, Let There Be Love, London, Methuen, 2003
Poet Frances, Adam, London, Nick Hern, 2017
Tucker Green, Debbie, Dirty Butterfly in Plays One, London, Nick Hern, 2018
Critical works
Davis, Geoffrey and Fuchs, Anne (eds.) Staging New Britain: Aspects of Black And South Asian British Theatre Practice. Dramaturgies, Texts, Cultures and Performances, Peter Lang, Zurich, 2006.
King, Barnaby "Landscapes of Arts and Fiction: Asian Theatre Arts in Britain" New Theatre Quarterly 16 (1), 2000.
Ley, Graham, "Theatre of Migration and the Search for a Multicultural Aesthetics: Twenty Years of Tara Arts", New Theatre Quarterly 13 (2), 1997.
Rebellato, Dan (ed.), Modern British Playwriting (2000 -2009), Bloomsbury, London, 2013.
Verma, J. "The Generations of the Diaspora and Multiculturalism in Britain", New Theatre Quarterly 25 (3), 2009
Playtexts:
Churchill, Caryl, Top Girls, any edition.
Kureishi, Hanif, Borderline in Plays One, London, Faber and Faber, 1999
Kwei Armah, Kwame, Let There Be Love, London, Methuen, 2003
Poet Frances, Adam, London, Nick Hern, 2017
Tucker Green, Debbie, Dirty Butterfly in Plays One, London, Nick Hern, 2018
Critical works
Davis, Geoffrey and Fuchs, Anne (eds.) Staging New Britain: Aspects of Black And South Asian British Theatre Practice. Dramaturgies, Texts, Cultures and Performances, Peter Lang, Zurich, 2006.
King, Barnaby "Landscapes of Arts and Fiction: Asian Theatre Arts in Britain" New Theatre Quarterly 16 (1), 2000.
Ley, Graham, "Theatre of Migration and the Search for a Multicultural Aesthetics: Twenty Years of Tara Arts", New Theatre Quarterly 13 (2), 1997.
Rebellato, Dan (ed.), Modern British Playwriting (2000 -2009), Bloomsbury, London, 2013.
Verma, J. "The Generations of the Diaspora and Multiculturalism in Britain", New Theatre Quarterly 25 (3), 2009
Unità didattica C
Programma
Translating and Surtitling British Drama for the Italian Stage
Playtexts:
Churchill, Caryl, Three More Sleepless Nights, Churchill Shorts, London, Nick Hern, 1990 (Trans. Paola Bono, Editoria dello spettacolo, 2018)
Dowie Claire, When I Fall, if I Fall, London, Methuen, 2019
Gregory, Lady Augustus, Spreading the News (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41653)
Kureishi, Hanif, The King and Me, in Plays One, London, Faber and Faber, 1999.
Kurieshi Hanif, Il re e io, Milano, Ledizioni, 2018.
Critical works:
Aaltonen, Sirkku, Time-Sharing on Stage. Drama Translation in Theatre and Society, Multilingual Matters, Clevedon, 2000.
Upton, C.A., Moving Target, St. Jerome, Manchester, 2000.
Playtexts:
Churchill, Caryl, Three More Sleepless Nights, Churchill Shorts, London, Nick Hern, 1990 (Trans. Paola Bono, Editoria dello spettacolo, 2018)
Dowie Claire, When I Fall, if I Fall, London, Methuen, 2019
Gregory, Lady Augustus, Spreading the News (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41653)
Kureishi, Hanif, The King and Me, in Plays One, London, Faber and Faber, 1999.
Kurieshi Hanif, Il re e io, Milano, Ledizioni, 2018.
Critical works:
Aaltonen, Sirkku, Time-Sharing on Stage. Drama Translation in Theatre and Society, Multilingual Matters, Clevedon, 2000.
Upton, C.A., Moving Target, St. Jerome, Manchester, 2000.
Moduli o unità didattiche
Unità didattica A
L-LIN/10 - LETTERATURA INGLESE - CFU: 3
Lezioni: 20 ore
Unità didattica B
L-LIN/10 - LETTERATURA INGLESE - CFU: 3
Lezioni: 20 ore
Unità didattica C
L-LIN/10 - LETTERATURA INGLESE - CFU: 3
Lezioni: 20 ore