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Renaissance drama: The Commedia Erudita |
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Authors: |
Spyridopoulou, Maria |
Reviewer: |
Lalagianni, Vasiliki |
Subject: | HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PERFORMING ARTS > THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS > THEATRE HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERARY FORMS AND GENRES > PROSE > SCRIPTS > PLAY SCRIPTS |
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Abstract: |
In this chapter we will describe the relationship of the Humanists with the classical theater and Aristotelian Poetics, the scholarly theater forms of the Italian Renaissance and some new forms such as the pastoral drama (Tasso, Guarini) and the "anti-literary" theater of Rujante. We will be concerned with the tragedy of classicist origin (Sophonisvi of Tricino), the imitation of the archaic-classical standards in the humanist comedies of Petrarch and Alberti in Latin, in the comedies of Ariosto in Italian. Special mention will be made of the development of comedy in the 16th century. with Bibiena and in the prologues that accompany Calandria, as well as in its complete release from Aristotelian rules with Machiavelli (Mandragoras). We will outline the evolution of the theater from the Renaissance to the 17th century and the creation of theater buildings (from the Olimpico to the theaters of northern Italy), as well as stage and scenographic innovations. A brief reference will also be made to the interludes and their evolution into an autonomous genre (melodrama) as well as the revival of classicist-type tragedy with Alfieri in the 18th century. The chapter will close with excerpts from theoretical and theatrical texts, commentary and deepening exercises.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Ntafos, Vaios |
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Chapter |
Creation Date: | 2015 |
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License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/2929 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Spyridopoulou, M. (2015). Renaissance drama: The Commedia Erudita [Chapter]. In Tampaki, A., Spyridopoulou, M., & Altouva, A. 2015. History and Dramaturgy of European Theatre [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/2929 |
Language: |
Greek |
Is Part of: |
History and Dramaturgy of European Theatre |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |