RECEPTION OF CLASSICAL CULTURE
FORTUNA DELLA CULTURA CLASSICA
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| 2020/2021 | 6 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Roberto Mario Danese | by appointment by email |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
French
Spanish
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The students will have to understand the relationship between ancient and modern culture, in order to acquire the linguistic, hermeneutical and cognitive tools for the investigation of any creative phenomenon of our time. They will also be able to read and interpret ancient literary texts, comparing them with the various 'rewrites' in later periods
Program
1. The concept of reception of classical cultures in modern and contemporary age.
2. Samples of contemporary remakes of ancient texts: literature, graphic novels, theater, cinema.
3. Plautus and his influence on modern theater.
4-11. Plautus' MIles gloriosus: reading and translation of excepts from the comedy; dramaturgical analysis.
12. Rossini's Musical Theater and L'Italiana in Algeri: (Project Crescendo per Rossini).
13. Dramaturgical Analogies betweem Miles and Italiana.
14. Staging the Miles gloriosus today.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
The teaching activity will be supplemented by lectures and conferences offered by the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) and the Rossini Foundation, as part of the Project Crescendo per Rossini
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Frontal lessons, seminars and workshops.
- Course books
Books and didactic instruments related to the points of the program
Points 1-3: classroom work and slides
Points 5-11: Plautus, Miles gloriosus (any translation with latin text).
Points 12-13:
C. Questa, Miles gloriosus, in C. Questa, Sei letture plautine, Urbino 2004, pp. 76-97
C. Questa, Il ratto dal serraglio, Urbino, Quattroventi 1997
Point 14:
R. M. Danese, Plauto sul palcoscenico della contemporaneità. Appunti per una palliata italiana: Asinaria e Miles gloriosus, "PAN" n.s. 3, 2014, pp. 149-168 (an electronic text will be provided on Blended Learning)
Ludi Plautini Sarsinates I. Personaggi in scena: il Miles, a cura di G. Bandini e C. Pentericci, Roma, Carocci 2018
Suggested integrative readings:
Lecturae Plautinae Sarsinates. XII. Miles gloriosus, Urbino 2009
L. Hutcheon, A Theory of Adaptation, NY and London 2006
M. Bettini, Per un'antropologia dell'intreccio, Urbino 1991
- Assessment
Two stages of assessment:
1) A written test, within the platform Moodle, on the themes developed during the lessons. The evaluation will be in a score of thirty.
2) An oral exam on the text of MIles gloriosus and a discussion on the written text. The evaluation will be in a score of thirty.
The final grade is the average of the marks obtained in each test
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Course books
Books and didactic instruments related to the points of the program
Points 1-3: classroom work and slides
Points 5-11: Plautus, Miles gloriosus (any translation with latin text).
Points 12-13:
C. Questa, Miles gloriosus, in C. Questa, Sei letture plautine, Urbino 2004, pp. 76-97
C. Questa, Il ratto dal serraglio, Urbino, Quattroventi 1997
Point 14:
R. M. Danese, Plauto sul palcoscenico della contemporaneità. Appunti per una palliata italiana: Asinaria e Miles gloriosus, "PAN" n.s. 3, 2014, pp. 149-168 (an electronic text will be provided on Blended Learning)
Ludi Plautini Sarsinates I. Personaggi in scena: il Miles, a cura di G. Bandini e C. Pentericci, Roma, Carocci 2018
Further readings:
Lecturae Plautinae Sarsinates. XII. Miles gloriosus, Urbino 2009
L. Hutcheon, A Theory of Adaptation, NY and London 2006
M. Bettini, Per un'antropologia dell'intreccio, Urbino 1991
- Assessment
Two stages of assessment:
1) A written test, within the platform Moodle, on the themes developed during the lessons. The evaluation will be in a score of thirty.
2) An oral exam on the text of MIles gloriosus and a discussion on the written text. The evaluation will be in a score of thirty.
The final grade is the average of the marks obtained in each test
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Notes
The course is mainly held in Italian.
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