Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Comparative Literature, June 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

This thesis deals with the 20th century Neapolitan dramatics; it is divided into two thematic subjects. Firstly, the text tries to describe the life and work of three important Neapolitan playwrights, Eduardo De Filippo, Annibale Ruccello and Enzo Moscato. Apart from highlighting the most significant biographical events and sociohistorical circumstances that influenced not only the work of the individual playwrights but also the artistic creation of the movement called the New Neapolitan dramatics, to which both younger playwrights belong, the text thematises the question if the younger generation continued the rich work of Eduardo De Filippo and the traditional Neapolitan dramatics and if so, how. The second part makes use of the findings gained from the literary-historical research done in the first part to reflect upon the optimal translation of the analysed plays into Czech. Initially, the text briefly ponders upon the agelong theoretical translation issues and then introduces the two main translational strategies, namely the conformist (konformní) and the adaptation one (adaptační). Having marked out the problematic features of the analysed plays from the translation theory point of view, the text subsequently discusses the question of how to translate them into Czech as faithfully as possible...

Eduardo De Filippo, homme de théâtre napolitain qui a traversé presque tout le vingtième siècle, possédait plusieurs compétences qui s’influençaient réciproquement : dramaturge, comédien et metteur en scène, il dirigeait également sa propre compagnie et son théâtre, le San Ferdinando. Dans ce contexte, les metteurs en scène se sont trouvés impressionnés, voire inhibés, par ce multiple investissement mais aussi par une oeuvre de portée universelle, toujours à la lisère entre le comique et le tragique. Notre recherche vise à comprendre les raisons de cette crainte et à explorer les différentes façons d’affronter les pièces du maître napolitain. Dans notre première partie consacrée à Eduardo De Filippo, nous avons fait ressortir la figure d’un artiste complet et nous avons essayé de mettre en évidence la distance que le metteur en scène prenait à l’égard de ses propres textes ainsi que le rôle joué par la scène dans l’écriture de ses comédies. Nous avons ensuite, dans les deuxième et troisième parties, orienté notre étude sur les choix effectués, à partir du milieu des années 80 – c’est-à-dire après la mort de l’auteur –, par les metteurs en scène et comédiens, lors du passage du texte à la scène. Notre deuxième partie porte sur une première approche intéressante des comédies du dramaturge : interpréter le texte – à savoir les didascalies et le dialogue –, en proposant un jeu personnel et en pensant différemment la psychologie des personnages et le décor. Notre troisième partie met en lumière les interprétations novatrices des metteurs en scène et comédiens qui osent remanier l’écriture et/ou la structure dramaturgiques de l’oeuvre d’Eduardo De Filippo. / Eduardo De Filippo is a Neapolitan man of the theatre who went through the whole of the twentieth century, endowed with mutually enriching skills : he was a playwright, actor and director all rolled into one, he also managed his own company and his own theatre, the San Ferdinando. In that context, directors were impressed, even inhibited by so much involvement, but also by a work of universal impact, always on the borderline between comedy and tragedy. This dissertation aims to investigate the reasons of such fears and endeavours to explore the different ways of facing the Neapolitan master’s plays. The first part is devoted to Eduardo De Filippo, presented as a complete artistic figure : it explains how, as a director, he stood back from his own texts and shows how he used the stage when writing his comedies. Then, the second and the third parts focuse on the choices made by the directors and actors from the middle of the eighties – once the playwright had passed away – , when they started to adapt his texts for the stage. The second part consists in analysing a first interesting approach of Eduardo De Filippo’s comedies : how to interpret the text – that is to say the stage directions and the dialogue – by adopting a personal acting and by rethinking the psychology of the characters as well as stage setting. Our third part highlights the new interpretations of the directors and actors who dare to modify the writing and/or the dramatic art structure of Eduardo De Filippo’s work. / Eduardo De Filippo, uomo di teatro napoletano che ha attraversato quasi tutto il Novecento, possedeva molte competenze che s'influenzavano reciprocamente: drammaturgo, attore e regista, dirigeva anche la sua compagnia ed il suo teatro, il San Ferdinando. In questo contesto, i registi si sono trovati impressionati, anzi inibiti, per questo investimento molteplice ma anche per un’opera di portata universale, sempre in bilico tra il comico ed il tragico. La nostra ricerca mira a capire le ragioni di questo timore ed esaminare i vari modi di affrontare i lavori teatrali del maestro napoletano. Nella nostra prima parte dedicata a Eduardo De Filippo, abbiamo fatto emergere la figura di un artista completo e abbiamo provato a mettere in rilievo la distanza che il regista prendeva di fronte ai suoi testi nonché il ruolo svolto dalla scena nella scrittura delle sue commedie. Nella seconda e la terza parte, abbiamo poi orientato il nostro studio sulle scelte effettuate, a partire dalla metà degli anni 80 – ossia dopo la morte dell'autore –, dai registi e attori, in occasione del passaggio del testo alla scena. La nostra seconda parte riguarda un primo approccio interessante delle commedie del drammaturgo: interpretare il testo – cioè le didascalie ed il dialogo –, proponendo una recitazione personale e pensando differentemente la psicologia dei personaggi e lo scenario. La nostra terza parte mette in luce le interpretazioni innovative dei registi ed attori che osano rimaneggiare la scrittura e/o la struttura drammaturgica dell'opera di Eduardo De Filippo.

Doctor of Philosophy / This thesis offers the first English translation of Eduardo De Filippo’s last play, Gli esami non finiscono mai (1973). It analyzes the play in the context of the dramatist’s career and describes the philosophical shift that took place in Eduardo’s dialectic as he progressed from a post-war, neorealist drama like Napoli milionaria! toward the existential reflections present in his last play. Unlike previous studies, this work concentrates on Eduardo’s philosophical journey from neorealism to existential query and identifies the factors that influenced his thinking process. To this end, I have evaluated the plays most relevant to the development of his philosophy and the socio-political context in which they were written. The influence of the Neapolitan traditional dialect theater, along with that of Luigi Pirandello, his American contemporaries, Arthur Miller and Eugene O’Neill, and William Shakespeare, is also examined. Important social issues that directly affected the author, such as the struggle in Italy for the legalization of divorce and the plight of children born out of wedlock, are highlighted to illustrate how they contributed to the disillusionment and pessimism present in Eduardo’s last play. From the rather hopeful ending of Napoli milionaria! Eduardo was reduced at the end of his life to sheer desperation in Gli esami non finiscono mai. Italy had changed but it had not moved on. By focusing on the playwright’s final play, this thesis offers a new perspective on a twentieth century dramatist who is much more complex than is commonly acknowledged. De Filippo is revealed as a dramatist who transcended the Neapolitan comic theatrical traditions he sprang from and created a theater of political and social engagement that endures today.

Zugl.: Fulda, Theol. Fak., Diss., 2009

The subject of this thesis is an intertextual and psycho-analytic study of the relationship between two major dramatists of twentieth century Italian Theatre, Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo. The analysis is in part conducted according to the concept of influence developed by Harold Bloom in The Anxiety Of Influence and expressed in "Freudian" terms, in which one poet, the later (Eduardo De Filippo), is presumed to "struggle" with or try to surpass his precursor (Luigi Pirandello).

Doctor of Philosophy / This thesis offers the first English translation of Eduardo De Filippo’s last play, Gli esami non finiscono mai (1973). It analyzes the play in the context of the dramatist’s career and describes the philosophical shift that took place in Eduardo’s dialectic as he progressed from a post-war, neorealist drama like Napoli milionaria! toward the existential reflections present in his last play. Unlike previous studies, this work concentrates on Eduardo’s philosophical journey from neorealism to existential query and identifies the factors that influenced his thinking process. To this end, I have evaluated the plays most relevant to the development of his philosophy and the socio-political context in which they were written. The influence of the Neapolitan traditional dialect theater, along with that of Luigi Pirandello, his American contemporaries, Arthur Miller and Eugene O’Neill, and William Shakespeare, is also examined. Important social issues that directly affected the author, such as the struggle in Italy for the legalization of divorce and the plight of children born out of wedlock, are highlighted to illustrate how they contributed to the disillusionment and pessimism present in Eduardo’s last play. From the rather hopeful ending of Napoli milionaria! Eduardo was reduced at the end of his life to sheer desperation in Gli esami non finiscono mai. Italy had changed but it had not moved on. By focusing on the playwright’s final play, this thesis offers a new perspective on a twentieth century dramatist who is much more complex than is commonly acknowledged. De Filippo is revealed as a dramatist who transcended the Neapolitan comic theatrical traditions he sprang from and created a theater of political and social engagement that endures today.

Inaug.-Diss.--Leipzig. / Vita. "Thematisches Verzeichnis der Werke von Paolo Scalabrini": p. ccv-ccxi. "Verzeichnis der Textbuecher von Paolo Scalabrini's Werken": p. ccxii-ccxiii. Bibliography: p. vii-x (1st group of paging).

Thesis (J.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-52).

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Artes, Programa de Pós-graduação em Arte, 2017. / Submitted by Raquel Almeida (raquel.df13@gmail.com) on 2017-05-12T15:11:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_RaisaRamosdePina.pdf: 4967638 bytes, checksum: 27dd419e57c194257dc34a344e29e67a (MD5) / Rejected by Raquel Viana (raquelviana@bce.unb.br), reason: Boa tarde, Por favor, corrija os campos orientador e título. Atenciosamente on 2017-05-24T20:04:56Z (GMT) / Submitted by Raquel Almeida (raquel.df13@gmail.com) on 2017-05-25T15:53:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_RaisaRamosdePina.pdf: 4967638 bytes, checksum: 27dd419e57c194257dc34a344e29e67a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Raquel Viana (raquelviana@bce.unb.br) on 2017-05-26T20:08:44Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_RaisaRamosdePina.pdf: 4967638 bytes, checksum: 27dd419e57c194257dc34a344e29e67a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-26T20:08:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_RaisaRamosdePina.pdf: 4967638 bytes, checksum: 27dd419e57c194257dc34a344e29e67a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-05-26 / O pintor italiano do início do século XX Filippo de Pisis criou, ao longo de aproximadamente quarenta anos, composições de natureza-morta sobre a praia, com a paisagem litorânea de plano de fundo: mar, horizonte, céu e, por vezes, uma figura humana solitária contempladora. A frequência dessa produção e o destaque dado à paisagem apesar de as telas serem batizadas como natureza-morta suscitam, em um primeiro momento, questionamentos a respeito da definição do conceito de natureza-morta, que se mostra complexo e flexível ao longo da história da arte, além de problematizar a tensão entre gêneros pictóricos. Mais do que uma simples sobreposição de gêneros – natureza-morta e paisagem –, a composição evidencia o interesse metafísico do pintor, que contribuiu na década de 1910 com a nascente proposta de Giorgio de Chirico. A Escola Metafísica não foi uma vanguarda e os artistas que participaram dela tiveram produções independentes, difíceis de serem aproximadas pela estética, mas similares para além do visível, por meio do deslocamento do sujeito da obra e da revelação do invisível. A partir disso, esta dissertação analisa a metafísica dos elementos praianos recorrentes da paisagem de Filippo de Pisis, em diálogo constante com o gênero de natureza-morta. A tensão entre os gêneros e a metafísica do italiano apontam para uma ressignificação da morte: não seria mais castigo aos humanos pecadores, mas a concretização da promessa divina de vida eterna. / The early 20th-century Italian painter Filippo de Pisis created, over approximately forty years, stilllife compositions on the beach, with coastal landscape backgrounds: the sea, the horizon, the sky and sometimes a lonely human being figure. The frequency of this production and the emphasis given to the landscape, despite the fact that the canvases are called still-life, rise questions about the definition of the concept of still-life, which is complex and flexible throughout the history of Art, in addition to problematizing the tension between pictorial genres. More than a simple overlapping of the genres - still life and landscape - the composition evidences the metaphysical interest of the painter, who contributed in the decade of 1910 with the nascent proposal of Giorgio de Chirico. The Metaphysical School was not a vanguard and the artists who participated in it had independent productions, difficult to approximate by aesthetics, but similar to the visible, through the displacement of the subject of the work and the revelation of the invisible. From this, this dissertation analyzes the metaphysics of the recurrent beach elements of the Filippo de Pisis' landscapes, in constant dialogue with the genre of still life. The tension between the genres and the metaphysics of the Italian point to a re-signification of death: it would be no more punishment for sinful humans, but the concretization of the divine promise of eternal life. / Le peintre italien du debut du XXeme siècle Filippo de Pisis a créé, pendant environ quarante ans, des compositions de nature morte sur la plage avec de paysage côtier au fond: la mer, l’horizon, le ciel et, parfois, une figure humaine solitaire contemplative. La fréquence de cette prodution et l’accentuation données au paysage malgré que les tableaux soient nommés comme nature morte évoquent, dans un premier moment, quelques doutes à propôs de la definition du concept nature morte, qui se montre complexe et flexible à travers l’histoire de l’art, un plus de problématiser la tension entre genres picturaux. Plus qu’un simple superposition de genres – la nature morte et le paysage – la composition evoque l’intérêt métaphysique du peintre, qui a contribué dans la décennie 1910 à la proposition de Giorgio de Chirico. L’École Métaphysique n’était pas un mouvement d’avant-garde et les artistes qui y ont participé ont eu des produtions indépendantes, dificiles à rapprochées par l’esthétique, mais similaires au-delà du visible, à travers le déplacement du sujet de l’ œuvre et de la révélation de l’invisible. A partir de celà, cette dissertation analyse la métaphysique des élements de la plage solvente présents dans le paysage de Filippo de Pisis, em dialogue constant avec le genre de nature morte. La tension entre genres et la métaphysique de l’italian pointent vers une resignification de la mort: ce n’est plus une punition aux humains pêcheurs, mais la concretization de la promesse divine de la vie éternelle.