The teaching contributes to the realization of the educational objectives of the degree course in Literature. It provides the preparatory skills for theater history, both for possible uses in cultural institutions, organizational activities and conservation in the field of theater and entertainment, also for a future deepening of the discipline in subsequent courses (as well as first level master's degree).

Knowledge and Understanding:
At the end of the course students will be able to distinguish the main constitutive parts of the theatrical event: drama, acting, set design, theater spaces, patronage and production systems. They must also be able to distinguish and understand the main types of theater sources: iconographic, paper and audiovisual.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
On completion of the course students must be able to distinguish the most important types of performances in the history of theatre. Students be able to carry out bibliographical research in an exhaustive and updated manner, both with telematic and traditional tools. Students be able to understanding and cataloging the different types of sources.

Autonomy of judgment
Students will have to understand the history of the Western theater and its fundamental stylistic codes (recitative and dramaturgical).

Communication skills
Students will have to use the correct theatrical vocabulary.

Learning Ability
On completion of the course students must have developed the ability to orient themselves autonomously in research and in-depth study in the theatrical field.