Corso di laurea in Culture e letterature
del mondo moderno

This module takes part into the common aim of the career in Cultures and literatures of the modern world by providing them a systematic and complex knowledge of Spanish Baroque theatre. It will be contextualized in the European theatre of the age.

Knowledge and understanding:

Students will learn some fundamental elements of Spanish Baroque theater and will be able to get an idea of ​​its relevance at the European level, as a hypotext or heir to supranational traditions and as an object of intersemiotic analysis. They will be able to read the texts in the original language with the help of translations that respect the philology of the text.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding and independent judgement:

Students will be able to develop autonomy and flexibility in understanding the literary, historical-philological, historical-theatrical and historical-musical themes proposed by the texts studied. They will then be able to answer questions of an interpretative and non-notional type about these texts and these artistic contexts, developing autonomous analyses. They will also be able to independently appreciate the beauty of the text in the original language.

Communication skills:

Students will have to demonstrate the ability to conceive, plan and innovate during the lessons and during the exam, when they will have to demonstrate their ability to comparatively and critically examine texts and arguments, adequately understanding their concepts, structure and contexts.

Learning ability:

Students will have to show that they can autonomously identify disciplinary in-depth courses, using notions and methodologies of literary, theatrical and musical criticism, philology and related disciplines. They will have to search for sources for documentation and know how to use bibliographic tools, both in traditional and electronic formats.

Golden Age Spanish Theatre: Lope de Vega

Introduction: venues and times of Spahish Theatre

Introduction: Renaissance theatre and the Commedia dell’Arte

The comedia nueva and the rise of Lope de Vega.

Reading: El castigo sin venganza and El Perro del Hortelano by Lope de Vega.

The module consists in 36 hours of conference-class, with the students’ active participation while reading the texts. Classes will be held in Italian, Spanish or English, according to the requests of the students attending.

No streaming nor recording of the lessons is foreseen. Students who cannot attend are required to study further material according to their necessities.

The exams will be oral, in Italian, Spanish, or English, according to the requests of each student. Each exam will last 20 minutes and the candidates will be asked two questions: a general one and another one concerning one particular text.

The evaluation will consist in a vote from 0 to 30, 18 being a pass.

Attendance is strongly recommended. Non attending students who did not agree on a personalized program with the teacher won’t be admitted to the exam.