Set the stage! : teaching Italian through theater / edited by Nicoletta Marini-Maio and Colleen Ryan-Scheutz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marini-Maio, Nicoletta, 1961-

Ryan-Scheutz, Colleen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

Italian language.

Drama in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Set the Stage! is a collection of essays on teaching Italian language, literature, and culture through theater. From theoretical background to course models, this book provides all the resources that teachers and students need to incorporate the rich and abundant Italian theater tradition into the curriculum. Features of the book include• the "Director's Handbook," a comprehensive guide with detailed instructions for every step of the process, from choosing a text to the final performance,• an exclusive interview with Nobel laureate Dario Fo,• a foreword by prize-winning author Dacia Maraini.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contributors

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Prologue: Theater Performance with American Students

CHAPTER 1. Authors, Texts, and Innovat ive Movements: An Overview of the Italian Theatrical Canon

CHAPTER 2. Acting Italian: From the Piazza to the Stage

CHAPTER 3. The Theatrical Workshop in the Italian Curriculum

CHAPTER 4. Creative Connections: The Theater Practicum and the Integration of Language and Literature Study

CHAPTER 5 Theater Texts and Techniques in the High School Classroom

CHAPTER 6. Epic Theater, Comic Mode: Understanding Italian Society through the Works of Dario Fo and Franca Rame

CHAPTER 7. Commedia dell'Arte's Techniques: Theater Research and Italian Language Interplay

CHAPTER 8. Opera as Theme, Opera as Theater: A Content-Based Approach to the Teaching of Italian Language and Culture

CHAPTER 9. Full -Scale Play Production: Filling the "Empty Space" between Language and Literature with Fo and Pirandello

CHAPTER 10. Community, Culture, and Body Language: Staging the Female Voice in the Italian Drama Workshop

CHAPTER 11. Proficiency and Performance: Assessing Learner Progress in the Italian Theater Workshop

Text Selection: A Few Criteria

Financial Resources, Publicity, and Community

The Italian Drama Workshop in Three Acts

Training the Body, Coaching the Mind: Preliminary Acting Exercises

Monologue/Monodrama Projects

English Translations and Surtitles for the Public Performance: Rationale and Practicalities

"It's Showtime!" A Concise Guide to Italian Theater Production for New Directors

Appendix A: Sample Course Syllabus

Appendix B: Documents to Distribute at Auditions

Appendix C: Sample French Scene Breakdown

Afterword: An Interview with Dario Fo and Franca Rame. Thoughts on Theater, Engagement, and the Comic. Examples for a New Pedagogy

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-35231-8

9786612352317

0-300-15275-2

OCLC:

923595468