LEADER 04507nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910456108303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35231-8 010 $a9786612352317 010 $a0-300-15275-2 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300152753 035 $a(CKB)2420000000001362 035 $a(EBL)3420649 035 $a(OCoLC)923595468 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000309295 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11237622 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309295 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10266408 035 $a(PQKB)11036352 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420649 035 $a(DE-B1597)485619 035 $a(OCoLC)816341694 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300152753 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420649 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10373458 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235231 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000001362 100 $a20080529d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSet the stage!$b[electronic resource] $eteaching Italian through theater /$fedited by Nicoletta Marini-Maio and Colleen Ryan-Scheutz 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (424 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-300-10985-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContributors -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tPrologue: Theater Performance with American Students -- $tCHAPTER 1. Authors, Texts, and Innovat ive Movements: An Overview of the Italian Theatrical Canon -- $tCHAPTER 2. Acting Italian: From the Piazza to the Stage -- $tCHAPTER 3. The Theatrical Workshop in the Italian Curriculum -- $tCHAPTER 4. Creative Connections: The Theater Practicum and the Integration of Language and Literature Study -- $tCHAPTER 5 Theater Texts and Techniques in the High School Classroom -- $tCHAPTER 6. Epic Theater, Comic Mode: Understanding Italian Society through the Works of Dario Fo and Franca Rame -- $tCHAPTER 7. Commedia dell'Arte's Techniques: Theater Research and Italian Language Interplay -- $tCHAPTER 8. Opera as Theme, Opera as Theater: A Content-Based Approach to the Teaching of Italian Language and Culture -- $tCHAPTER 9. Full -Scale Play Production: Filling the "Empty Space" between Language and Literature with Fo and Pirandello -- $tCHAPTER 10. Community, Culture, and Body Language: Staging the Female Voice in the Italian Drama Workshop -- $tCHAPTER 11. Proficiency and Performance: Assessing Learner Progress in the Italian Theater Workshop -- $tText Selection: A Few Criteria -- $tFinancial Resources, Publicity, and Community -- $tThe Italian Drama Workshop in Three Acts -- $tTraining the Body, Coaching the Mind: Preliminary Acting Exercises -- $tMonologue/Monodrama Projects -- $tEnglish Translations and Surtitles for the Public Performance: Rationale and Practicalities -- $t"It's Showtime!" A Concise Guide to Italian Theater Production for New Directors -- $tAppendix A: Sample Course Syllabus -- $tAppendix B: Documents to Distribute at Auditions -- $tAppendix C: Sample French Scene Breakdown -- $tAfterword: An Interview with Dario Fo and Franca Rame. Thoughts on Theater, Engagement, and the Comic. Examples for a New Pedagogy -- $tIndex 330 $aSet 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. 606 $aItalian language$xStudy and teaching$xForeign speakers 606 $aDrama in education 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aItalian language$xStudy and teaching$xForeign speakers. 615 0$aDrama in education. 676 $a458.071 701 $aMarini-Maio$b Nicoletta$f1961-$0903893 701 $aRyan-Scheutz$b Colleen$0903892 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456108303321 996 $aSet the stage$92460502 997 $aUNINA