VIVIANI Valerio
(syllabus)
The aim of the course will be to explore some of the most famous Elizabethan and Restoration plays and to contextualise them in their cultural and historical background. After some lessons devoted to the cultural history of theatre, the other lessons will be devoted to the close reading and analysis of the texts according to a thematic and historical arrangement.
(reference books)
William Shakespeare:
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet
Restoration drama: Selected theatrical pieces from The Committee; The Careless Lovers; The Country Wife; Sir Patient Fancy.
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