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Theater beyond the theater in a comparative perspective: ritual drama, folklore, and reception

Dal 26/05/2025 ore 15.00 al 28/05/2025 ore 13.30

Università di Napoli "L'Orientale"
Palazzo Corigliano, II piano
Piazza San Domenico Maggiore, 12
Napoli

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The dynamics of producing and staging performances will be analysed from comparative and diachronic perspectives across a vast geographical area ranging from the ancient Mediterranean to the Far East. The aim of this conference is to analyse the social processes that transform ritual drama into codified theatrical performances. The conference will seek to provide a more accurate definition of the terms 'folklore' and 'high and low theatre' in the different cultures examined. Particular reference will be made to the emotional involvement of the audience and their active role in influencing the decisions of those responsible for the staging.  In some cultures, drama has never broken its link with its ritual origins, maintaining a significant social impact throughout. Unsurprisingly, theatre has played a powerful educational and political role in these cultures. However, in cultures where the link with ritual has weakened, turning plays into purely literary works, traces of ritual theatre can still be found in authors' texts. Popular forms of theatre, free from institutional control, have also continued to thrive in unofficial and non-canonical spaces.

Comitato scientifico:
Maria Arpaia (Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”), Stefania Cavaliere (Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”), Andrea Ercolani (CNR – Istituto di studi sul Mediterraneo), Chiara Ghidini (Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”),  Laura Lulli (Università degli Studi dell’Aquila), Giacomella Orofino (Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”), Riccardo Palmisciano (Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”), Alessandra Piergrossi (CNR – Istituto di scienze del patrimonio culturale ), Livio Sbardella (Università degli Studi dell’Aquila)  

Conferenza organizzata nell'ambito del PRIN 2022 “Folklore and Oral Traditions in the Greek Culture. From the Archaic to the Hellenistic Period”.

Organizzato da:
Cnr-ISMed
Università di Napoli "L'Orientale, Dipartimento Asia, Africa e Mediterraneo - DAAM

Referente organizzativo:
Andrea Ercolani
Cnr-ISMed
andrea.ercolani@ismed.cnr.it

Modalità di accesso: ingresso libero
Il convegno è aperto al pubblico, fino a disponibilità di posti
È possibile partecipare da remoto, su piattaforma ZOOM (vedi sotto)

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