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

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9780300152753
0300152752
1282352318
9781282352315
9786612352317
6612352310

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Set the stage!DDC classification:

458.071 22

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PC1066 .S44 2010eb

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Contents:

Introduction / Nicoletta Marini-Maio and Colleen Ryan-Scheutz -- Prologue: Theater performance with American students / Dacia Maraini -- Authors, texts, and innovative movements: an overview of the Italian theatrical canon / Pietro Frassica -- Acting Italian: from the piazza to the stage / William Van Watson -- The theatrical workshop in the Italian curriculum / Salvatore Bancheri -- Creative connections: the theater practicum and the integration of language and literature study / Francesca Savoia -- Theater texts and techniques in the high school classroom / Laura Colangelo and Colleen Ryan-Scheutz -- Epic theater, comic mode: understanding Italian society through the works of Dario Fo and Franca Rame / Walter Valeri -- Commedia dell'Arte's techniques: theater research and Italian language interplay / Gian Giacomo Colli -- Opera as theme, opera as theater: a content-based approach to the teaching of Italian language and culture / Daniela Noé-Le Sassier and Frances Boyd -- Full-scale play production: filling the "empty space" between language and literature with Fo and Pirandello / Nicoletta Martini-Maio -- Community, culture, and body language: staging the female voice in the Italian drama workshop / Antonella Del Fattore-Olson -- Proficiency and performance: assessing learner progress in the Italian theater workshop / Colleen Ryan-Scheutz -- Afterward: an interview with Dario Fo and Franca Rame. Thoughts on theater, engagement, and the comic. Examples for a new pedagogy / Walter Valeri.

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

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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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