Topics in Italian Drama and Spectacle

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course focuses on Italian drama and performance. It covers a variety of topics including: Italian Medieval and Renaissance theatre, the Commedia dell'arte, Pirandello's productions and contemporary Italian spectacle. The course will examine these topics while placing Italian theatre into a broader European context; students will acquire reading strategies for drama and spectacle and learn to consider the works form a theoretical perspective. The class is held in English. CROSSLISTED: THEA 3914.03 FORMATS: Lecture | Seminar