Class Cultural History of the Theatre I

Students should develop critical thinking and analysis skills in relation to the documents and ideas presented to them from primary sources, secondary bibliography or other materials. They should be able to intervene in class whenever timely challenged by the current discussion or discussion. In the context of written evaluation, they should be able to respond to a statement that challenges the contents of the entire semester, producing a well-articulated and reasoned discourse, as well as establishing the necessary links

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1. What is history and what is it for? 2. From the New Cultural History (Bourdieu, Foucault, Burke and Chartier) to the History and Cultural Historiography of the Theater. 3. The problem of the origins of the theater. 4. The origin of Greek theater and the cult of Dionysus. 5. Birth of tragedy and comedy; distinction between dramatic genres; the comic and the tragic as aesthetic categories. 6. The concept of dramatic mimesis: from Plato to Aristotle; the theorization of tragedy in Aristotle's "Poetics". 7.The dramatic practice in ancient Greece; from Aeschylus to Euripides. 8. Theater in its relation to the polis: Sophocles and Aristophanes. 9. The theater in ancient Rome. 10. Medieval theater: from liturgical drama to mysteries. 11. The genesis of modern representation: the Italian Renaissance theater. 12. From folk art to world theater: the Golden Century. 13. A Brief Glimpse of the Portuguese Theater: From Origins to Baroque

Action-research based on solving problems raised by theory and on increasing Conference-Performance

ARISTÓTELES ¿ Poética. Lisboa, INCM, 1999; BARATA, José Oliveira ¿ Estética Teatral. Antologia de Textos. Lisboa, Moraes Editores, 1980. BOURDÉ, Guy & MARTIN, Hervé. As Escolas  Históricas. Lisboa, Europa América, 2012. CRUZ, Duarte Ivo. História do Teatro Português. Lisboa, Verbo, 2002. 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. MOSTAÇO, Edélcio Para uma história cultural do Teatro. ArtCultura Uberlândia, v. 20, n. 36, p. 193-203, jan.-jun. 2018. PEREIRA, Maria Helena da Rocha ¿ Hélade. Antologia da Cultura Grega. 3ª ed. Coimbra, Universidade de Coimbra, 1972. REHM, R. ¿ Greek Tragic Theatre. NY, Routledge, 1992. SERRA, José Pedro. Pensar o trágico: Categorias da Tragédia Grega. Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2006. VERNANT, J.P.; VIDAL-NAQUET, P. ¿ Mito e Tragédia na Grécia Antiga. São Paulo, Perspectiva, 1999.