Programme

Performing Arts - Actors Training

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

Bachelor | Semestral | 4

Year | Type of course unit | Language

1 |Mandatory |Português

Total of Working Hours | Duration of Contact (hours)

100 | 45

Code

ULP1977-15438

Recommended complementary curricular units

n/a

Mode of study

Face-to-face

Precedences

Não

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

1. The problem of the origins of theatre.
2. The relationship between drama, rite and sacrifice; mask and metamorphosis.
3. The origins of Greek theatre and the cult of Dyonisos.
4. The birth of tragedy and comedy; distinction between dramatic genres; the comic and the tragic as aesthethic categories.
5. The concept of mimesis from Platos's "Republic" to Aristotle's "Poetics"; Aristotle's theorisation of tragedy;
6. Key concepts of the tragic mode: thymos, hybris, anagnorisis, catharsis.
7. Ancient Greek skene; fom Aeschylus to Euripides.
8. Theatre in its relationship with the polis: Sophocles and Aristophanes.
9. Theatre in Ancient Rome.
10. Early Asian theatre: the cosmic drama.
11. Medieval theatre: from liturgical drama to mystery plays.
12. The genesis of modern performance: the Italian case.
13. From popular art to a theatre of the world: Spanish Golden Age.

Objectives

Supplying instruments for the identification of recurring issues within the Western tradition of the performing arts, with a focus on its founding or pivotal moments, from Antiquity to the Renaissance;
training the ability to perceive the relationship between dramatic form and the cultural and historical frames from which it stems as a crucial asset to the history of threatre and the performing arts;
identifying the main features of the classic performing arts;
identifying structural concepts of the tragic and comic modes in their stage expressions;
identifying theatre as a phenomenon within the wider context of Greek thought;
apprehend the transcendental dimension of Asian theatre;
understand the Christian influx in the medieval performing arts and the friction between sacred and profane;
identifying the Renaissance scene in its fundamental tensions.

Knowledge, abilities and skills to be acquired

Students should develop analytical and critical thinking skills, and respond to the documents and ideas gradually brought to the class, whether from primary sources, secondary sources or other materials. They should be able to take part in the class, whenever challenged by an ongoing lecture or discussion. When examined, students should be able to respond to a test covering topics addressed throughout the whole of the semester; they should produce an articulate and thoughtful discourse, establishing relationships and causality as they see fit.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

Classes are mostly expository in nature, using textual sources and audiovisual materials. There will also be moments for in-class analysis and discussion of said materials.

Assessment formula: continuous assessment with final exam
Appraisal elements and percentages:
- Class attendance and verbal participation (15%);
- In-depth written work (25%);
- Final written exam (60%)

References

ARISTÓTELES ¿ Poética. Lisboa, INCM, 1999;
BARATA, José Oliveira ¿ Estética Teatral. Antologia de Textos. Lisboa, Moraes Editores, 1980.
BORIE, M. et al. ¿ Estética Teatral. Textos de Platão a Brecht. Lisboa, Gulbenkian, 1996.
CORNFORD, F. M. ¿ The Origins of Attic Comedy. Londres, Edward Arnold, 1914.
GIRARD, R. ¿ La Violence et le Sacré. Paris, Hachette, 1972.
JAEGER, W. ¿ Paideia. A Formação do Homem Grego. Lisboa, Aster, 1979.
LESKY, A. ¿ A Tragédia Grega. São Paulo, Perspectiva, 1996.
McDONALD, M.; WALTON, J. ¿ The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Theatre, 2007.
MEYER, Michel ¿ Le Comique et le Tragique. Paris, PUF, 2003.
PLATÃO ¿ República. Lisboa, Gulbenkian, s/d;
REHM, R. ¿ Greek Tragic Theatre. NY, Routledge, 1992.
PEREIRA, Maria Helena da Rocha ¿ Hélade. Antologia da Cultura Grega. 3ª ed. Coimbra, Universidade de Coimbra, 1972.
VERNANT, J.P.; VIDAL-NAQUET, P. ¿ Mito e Tragédia na Grécia Antiga. São Paulo, Perspectiva, 1999