História do Teatro (not translated) - 2nd semester
Code
711091132
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Estudos Portugueses
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Helena Barbas
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To learn to recognize the specificity of the dramatic text;
b) Identify the problems inherent to theatrical representation;
c) To recognize the complexity of the scenic space;
d) To study the origins of the ancient and Portuguese Theatre.
Prerequisites
Not aplicable.
Subject matter
The sacred and profane theatre origins
1. The Greek drama Aristotle \"Poetics\" (335 b.C.);
a) Tragedy: Aeschylus´ \"Prometheus Bound\" (472 b.C.) ; Sophocles´ \"Aedipus King\" (429 b.C.);
b) Comedy: Aristophanes´ \"The Frogs\" (405 b.C.)
2. The first national stagings Gil Vicente
a) \"O Auto do Vaqueiro\" (1502);
b) \"Auto da Barca do Inferno\" (1517);
c) \"Pranto de Maria Parda\" (1522);
d) \"As Cortes de Júpiter (1521);
3. Almeida Garrett´s refounding of the Portuguese Theatre:
a) Tragedy: \"Frei Luis de Sousa\" (1843);
b) Comedies: \"Um Auto de Gil Vicente\" (1838); \"Falar Verdade a Mentir\" (1846); \"As Profecias do Bandarra\" (1848);
4. Inheritances and modern remakes:
a) Jean Giraudoux´ \"La Guerre de Troie naura pas Lieu\" (1935);
b) Armando Nascimento Rosa´s \"Um Édipo\" (2012);
c) Luis Miguel Cintra´s \"Íon\" (2014)
Bibliography
Barbas, Helena. \"Almeida Garret o Trovador Moderno\". Salamandra, Lisboa. 1995.
Borie, Monique, et al. \"Estética Teatral Textos de Platão a Brecht - antologia teórica\". Trad. Helena Barbas. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa. 2009 (3ª.).
Mollinari, Cesare. História do Teatro. Trad. Sandra Escobar. Edições 70, Lisboa. 2010.
Picchio, Luciana Stegagno. \"História do Teatro Português\". Portugália Editora, Lisboa. 1964.
Romilly, Jacqueline de. \"A Tragédia Grega\". Trad. Leonor Santa-Bárbara. Edições 70, Lisboa. 2008
Recursos on-line / on-line resources
Centro de Estudos de Teatro FLUL - http://www.fl.ul.pt/cet
Teaching method
Lecturing with multimedia support (60%); class discussions and analysis of oral and written texts, presentation and discussion of student papers (40%).
Evaluation method
Evaluation method: a critical review/commentary of one of the books from the secondary bibliography (20%); a short essay / Monograph oriented by the teacher on a topic to be proposed (2,000 words 60%) ; oral presentation of the monograph together with interventions in class (20%). End of semester exam: the test (50%) and the scheduled exercises (50%) will contribute equally to the final grade.