Topics in Italian Drama and Spectacle

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course focuses on Italian drama and performance. The topic will vary from year to year and may include topics such as Italian Renaissance theatre, the Commedia dell'arte, Pirandello's productions and contemporary Italian spectacle. The course will examine the selected topic while placing Italian theatre into a broader European context; students will acquire reading strategies for drama and spectacle and learn to consider the works from a theoretical perspective. The course is held in English but Italian majors will be required to read the texts in the original. CROSSLISTED: ITAL 3700.03 FORMATS: Lecture