Set the Stage!

Teaching Italian through Theater

By: Nicoletta Marini-Maio (Editor), Colleen Ryan-Scheutz (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 December 2008 | Edition Number 1

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"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.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Prologue: Theater Performance with American Students	p. 19
Theater in Italian Literature and Culture
Authors, Texts, and Innovative Movements: An Overview of the Italian Theatrical Canon	p. 27
Acting Italian: From the Piazza to the Stage	p. 50
Theater Courses in the Italian Language Curriculum
The Theatrical Workshop in the Italian Curriculum	p. 83
Creative Connections: The Theater Practicum and the Integration of Language and Literature Study	p. 114
Theater Texts and Techniques in the High School Classroom	p. 144
Genres, Themes, and Techniques of Italian Theater
Epic Theater, Comic Mode: Understanding Italian Society through the Works of Dario Fo and Franca Rame	p. 171
Commedia dell'Arte's Techniques: Theater Research and Italian Language Interplay	p. 187
Opera as Theme, Opera as Theater: A Content-Based Approach to the Teaching of Italian Language and Culture	p. 212
Methods and Assessment in Italian Theater Workshops
Full-Scale Play Production: Filling the "Empty Space" between Language and Literature with Fo and Pirandello	p. 239
Community, Culture, and Body Language: Staging the Female Voice in the Italian Drama Workshop	p. 267
Proficiency and Performance: Assessing Learner Progress in the Italian Theater Workshop	p. 291
Director's Handbook
Text Selection: A Few Criteria	p. 323
Financial Resources, Publicity, and Community	p. 330
The Italian Drama Workshop in Three Acts	p. 333
Training the Body, Coaching the Mind: Preliminary Acting Exercises	p. 334
Monologue/Monodrama Projects	p. 339
English Translations and Surtitles for the Public Performance: Rationale and Practicalities	p. 342
"It's Showtime!" A Concise Guide to Italian Theater Production for New Directors	p. 350
Afterword: An Interview with Dario Fo and Franca Rame. Thoughts on Theater, Engagement, and the Comic. Examples for a New Pedagogy	p. 383
Index	p. 397
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