1. Comprehensive Tutoring in Italian Literature (Dramaturgical Book Club)

FIRST PART OF A TRILOGY AROUND “MAFIA/CAMORRA” NARRATIVE APPLIED TO LITERATURE: 1. DONNAREGINA di Teresa Ciabatti

 $450 (Bundle with Movie Course: 800$) 
7 meetings, Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm, May 26-July 7.
 

This 7-meeting course approaches *Donna Regina* not only as a novel, but as a text to be staged, voiced, and embodied. Participants will work as readers and performers, exploring how the Camorra emerges through language, silence, rhythm, and perspective. Designed for B1+/C1 Italian learners, the course integrates literary analysis with dramaturgical practice.

Dramaturgical Goals

- Transform reading into performance: voice, pacing, silence


- Explore the narrator as a character on stage


- Understand power dynamics through dialogue and subtext


- Develop Italian through spoken interpretation (B1+/C1)


- Engage emotionally and physically with the text

Core Dramaturgical Axes

- Voice vs. Silence: what is said and what is withheld


- Power as Presence: how the Camorra appears without being shown


- The Female Gaze: looking, being seen, resisting


- Memory as Script: unstable truth and reconstruction


- Naples as Stage: space, tension, atmosphere

Weekly Structure (Scene-Based Work)

Week 1: Opening the stage – context, author, first reading aloud. Who speaks?

Week 2: The Voice – rhythm, repetition, fragmentation. Exercises in reading aloud.

Week 3: The Encounter – staging power, pauses, and tension.

Week 4: Bodies and Control – how gender shapes space and voice.

Week 5: Memory as Performance – unreliable narration, rewriting scenes.

Week 6: Language Lab – vocabulary + performance exercises in Italian.

Week 7: Final Session – collective reading/performance + reflection.

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