Domenico Pietropaolo

The Commedia dell'Arte (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

What were the origins of commedia dell'arte and how did it evolve as a dramatic form over time and as it spread from Italy? How did its relationship to the ruling ideology of the day change during the Enlightenment? What is its legacy today?

These are just some of the questions addressed in this authoritative overview of the dramatic, ideological and aesthetic form of commedia dell'arte. The book's 3 sections examine the changing role of performers and playwrights, improvisatory scenarios and scripted performance, and its function as a vehicle for social criticism, to offer readers a clear understanding of commedia dell'arte's evolution in Renaissance Italy and beyond. This study throws new light on the role of women performers; on the changing ideological discourse of commedia dell'arte, which included social reform and, later, conservatism as well as the alienation of ethnic minorities in complicity with its audience; and on its later adaptation into hybrid forms including grotesque dance and the giullarata typified by the work of Dario Fo.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350144217
• Artikelnr.: 63500036

Autorenporträt

Domenico Pietropaolo is Professor of Italian Studies and Drama at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: Form,
Dramaturgy and Content of Early Commedia dell'Arte 1. The First
Professionals 2. Elements of Form: Characters and Dramatic Actions 3.
Elements of Form: The Scenario, Lazzi, Improvisation 4. Commedia dell'Arte
and Ottonelli's Theology Part 2: Innovations in the 18th Century 5. From
Scenario to Script: Riccoboni and Goldoni 6. Riccoboni's Commedia of Civic
Responsibility 7. The Commedia dell'Arte in Goldoni's Reform 8. Gozzi's
Fable Form: A New Horizon of Expectations Part 3: Adaptations and Revivals
9. Commedia dell'Arte and Grotesque Dance: Gregorio Lambranzi 10.
Pulcinellate and Harlequinades 11. Commedia dell'Arte in the Opera Libretto
12. Continuity and Transformation in the 20th Century References Index