95884 - Techniques of Drama Composition (1) (Lm)

Learning outcomes

The student at the end of the course acquires technical knowledge on the compositional dynamics of the text and the dramatic performance; learns to apply the different forms of writing for the scene adapting them to the characteristics of new operating contexts; knows how to recognize and develop the dramatic potential of textual and performative elements; knows how to analyze the interactions between technical procedures and stage reception; through exercises of dramatic composition, he learn to relate to the processes of scenic realization.

Course contents

The course called Teorie e tecniche della composizione drammatica is divided into two modules of 6 cfu each. The course begins with Module 1 Teoria della composizione drammatica (6 cfu), after which Module 2 Tecniche della composizione drammatica (6 cfu) begins. The timetable is 30 hours per module.

Integrated course title: The text is an abyss. Characters, masks and ghosts

Module 2 Tecniche della composizione drammatica (6 cfu)

The second module will focus on the analysis of dramatic composition techniques. We will enter the process of creation through the idea of character and its stratifications: character as unitary conception, precise intention, incarnation of an ideal; character as split personality, broken, in search of a unitary and full self; character as meta-theatrical paradox; character as dramaturgical pretext. Each of these ideas of character brings with it divergent techniques, forms and dramaturgical possibilities, which can nevertheless coexist in the same writing. This is what happens, for example, in the pages of Jean-Paul Sartre, and in particular No exit and The flies, which will be read and analyzed collectively in class. In Sartre's writing, the characters are halfway between ideas, symbols and allegories, yet they have a characterization that is anything but abstract, immersed in a paradoxical and redundant corporeal and drive substratum. Therefore, the tension between matter and idea becomes a battlefield.

The last lessons of the module will be dedicated to the experimentation of individual and collective writing exercises based on the compositional techniques analyzed and the creative needs of the students.

Readings/Bibliography

Module 2 Tecniche della composizione drammatica (6 cfu)

ATTENDANTS

J.-P. Sartre, Le mosche - Porta chiusa, Bompiani, Milano 2013;

Handout consisting of extracts from plays analysed during lectures;

Lecture notes;

Writing exercises carried out in class.

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS

J.-P. Sartre, Le mosche - Porta chiusa, Bompiani, Milano 2013;

G. Farina, L’alterità. Lo sguardo nel pensiero di Sartre, Bulzoni Editore, Roma 1998;

M. Russo, Sartre. Vita di un filosofo radicale, Carocci, Roma 2024.

Teaching methods

The course consists of lectures. Extracts from plays will be analysed together. The active participation of the attending students will be solicited through classroom discussions. The lectures will sometimes include meetings with artists and scholars on topics close to those examined in the course.

Assessment methods

The final test will consist of an oral interview that will focus on the topics covered in the lectures and on the texts in the bibliography in the case of those who attend; those who do not attend, on the other hand, will refer to the volumes indicated in the bibliography. The interview results in a grade in 30/30. No further papers are due before the oral examination interview. Active attendance of lectures is a relevant factor in the learning process and will therefore also influence the final assessment.

The learning of knowledge, the ability to analyse and synthesise, the organic view (and not the mechanical repetition) of the topics, lexical and expressive mastery, originality in the critical reworking of content will be taken into consideration for the assessment.

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities. It is necessary to contact the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en) with ample time in advance: the office will propose some adjustments, which must in any case be submitted 15 days in advance to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of these in relation to the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

Lectures accompanied by videos, iconographic material, textual sources.

Office hours

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