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Catalan Theatre

Code: 105845
Credits: 6
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Catalan Philology: Literary Studies and Linguistics OB 3
English and Catalan Studies OP 3
English and Catalan Studies OP 4
Catalan and Spanish Studies OP 3

Contact lecturer

Name :
Núria Santamaria Roig
Email :
nuria.santamaria@uab.cat

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

There is no previous requirement.

Objectives

The course aims to provide the basic conceptual, historical, and methodological foundations for the study of theatre and dramatic literature in Catalan. After a brief introduction to the methodological basics of the field, the course is structured around key thematic areas, in which historical development will be examined, the most significant authors highlighted, and a selection of illustrative texts and performances analysed and discussed in depth.

Learning outcomes

  1. Write text commentaries from a critical standpoint.
  2. Identify principal and secondary ideas and express them using correct language.
  3. Identify the relationships between literature and history, art and other cultural movements.
  4. Identify the key elements of Western cultural tradition from the 19th century to the present day.
  5. Comment on literary texts, using the instruments acquired, with regard to the historical, social and cultural context.
  6. Critically interpret literary works, taking into account the relationships between the different areas within literature and their relationship to humanistic, artistic and social areas.
  7. Produce normatively correct written and oral texts.
  8. Use technological resources (digital and audiovisual) to acquire knowledge and apply it in language and literature.
  9. Produce written work and oral presentations that are effective and framed in the appropriate register.
  10. Gain a greater capacity for reading, interpreting and critically analysing literary and linguistic texts.
  11. Make appropriate use of the knowledge acquired in order to collect data and handle documentary sources in the study of Catalan language and literature.
  12. Respect the opinions, values, behaviour and customs of others.
  13. Plan, organise and carry out work in a team.
  14. Use IT tools and be able to consult specific documentary sources.
  15. Master oral and written expression in Catalan.
  16. Produce work in accordance with academic ethics.
  17. Produce critical texts on the main trends, the most significant authors and the most representative works in Catalan literature.
  18. Write original essays, showing mastery of the relevant literature and of contemporary authors and works.
  19. Interpret Western cultural tradition from the 19th century to the present day, pinpointing features of the Western tradition in a contemporary text.
  20. Present and explain overall perspectives on phenomena of contemporary Catalan literature.
  21. Present and explain overall perspectives on phenomena of modern Catalan literature.
  22. Recognise literary texts from philological and comparative standpoints, apply these criteria to texts in contemporary Catalan literature and write analyses of the literary language of contemporary Catalan texts.
  23. Discern the sex/gender factor in the configuration of the literary canon.
  24. Identify the main and secondary ideas and express them with linguistic correctness.
  25. Develop effective written work and oral presentations and adapted to the appropriate register.
  26. Strengthen the capacity of reading, interpretation and critical analysis of literary texts and language.
  27. Properly apply the knowledge gained to data collection and management of documentary sources application to the study of Catalan language and literature.
  28. Produce written and oral texts with correction rules.
  29. Maintain an attitude of respect for the opinions, values, behaviors and practices of others.
  30. Identify relationships between literature and history, art and other cultural movements.
  31. Identify the key elements of the Western cultural tradition from the nineteenth century to the present
  32. Comment on literary texts, apply the acquired tools and take into account the historical and sociocultural context.
  33. Critically interpret literary works take into account the relationships between different areas of literature and its relationships with human, artistic and social areas.
  34. Apply the tools and know consult the specific documentary sources.
  35. To delimit the characteristics of literary language.
  36. Argue about different topics and problems of literary language in relation to different works and evaluate the results.
  37. Use digital tools and documentary sources to obtain, classify, interpret and analyse relevant data related to the practice of commenting on literary texts.
  38. Identifying the main and secondary ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
  39. Plan work effectively, individually or in groups, in order to fulfil the planned objectives.
  40. Locate specialised and academic information and select this according to its relevance.
  41. Identifying the relationships of literature with history, art or other cultural movements.
  42. Identifying the key elements of the Western culture from the 19th century to the present.
  43. Commenting on literary texts, applying the acquired tools and taking into account the historical and sociocultural context.
  44. Critically interpreting literary works taking into account the relationships between the different areas of literature and its relationships with human, artistic and social areas.
  45. Apply the tools and know consult the documentary sources.
  46. Incorporate ideas and concepts from published sources into work, citing and referencing appropriately.
  47. Organise the autonomous component to the learning process in an effective manner.

Contents

1. Introduction to Theatre Studies.

2. Ritual roots: from medieval ‘diffuse theatricality’ to ceremonies at sporting and civic events. The course of the year: festivals and performances. Street theatre.

3. Tragedy: Greco-Roman foundations and the survival of the genre from the Renaissance to the present day. Tragic conventions and tragic elements. Reinterpretations and adaptations of the classics.

4. Comedy: from crude laughter to ironic smiles. Gestural comedy. Genres: from farce to black comedy.

5. Music and spectacle: from opera to the grand musical.

6. Ideas, ideologies and theatre: moral and philosophical reflection on stage. Political theatre, social theatre and theatre of identities.

7. Mirrors and mirages: metatheatricality and fantasy.

8. The theatre of dissolutions



* The contents of the sessions and the compulsory readings will be detailed on the first day of the course.

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Mentoring 30 1.2 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
Studying 18 0.72 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 19, 22, 23, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47
Compulsory exercises 22.5 0.9 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40, 43, 45, 46, 47
Lectures 20 0.8 2, 3, 4, 10, 12, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 29, 30, 31
Reading 20 0.8 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 19, 22, 23, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 39, 41, 42, 44, 47
Seminars 30 1.2 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45

The course combines theoretical sessions, which have a panoramic and contextualising character and reading seminars, aimed at the analysis of compulsory books and other complementary materials.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Test reading 10% 0.5 0.02 2, 10, 15, 24, 26, 29, 32
Exam 30 % 3 0.12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47
Active participation 10% 2 0.08 7, 12, 20, 21, 24, 44
Individual Exercise 20% 2 0.08 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47
Group exercises 30 % 2 0.08 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46

In order to pass the course, a minimum score of 5 is required. The course assessment is the result of the sum of the percentages of the whole assessment activities.

The correct use of the language will be taken into account in the evaluation. Papers will not be admitted after the deadline.

In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). In addition, homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools or will offer them feasible alternatives.

If a student commits any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may occur. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.

Review procedures: At the time of each assessment activity, the teacher will inform students (via Moodle) of the procedure and the date for reviewing marks.

Students have the right to review their work with the teacher in a personal tutorial, on the set dates, never later than two weeks after the exercise/exam is marked.

The exam and the test reading are susceptible to reassessment.

The student will be entitled to reassessment of the subject if he or she has been evaluated on the set of activities that together account for at least 2/3 of the subject's total grade. Students eligible for reassessment must have achieved a minimum average mark of 3.5.

Reassessment will be an exam.

Exchange students requesting to sit an exam early must submit a written document from their home university to the lecturer justifying their request


Single Assessment


1. Individual exercise (30%)

2. Oral interview (30%)

3. Final written examination (40%)

The conditions for reevaluation are the same as applied in the continuous evaluation system.


This subject entirely prohibits the use of AI technologies in all of its activities. Any submitted work that contains content generated using AI will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade will be awarded a zero, without the possibility of reassessment. In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.

Bibliography

Provisional Bibliography

1981-1991. Centre Dramàtic de la Generalitat de Catalunya. 10 anys / dir. Domènec Reixach, B: Institut del Teatre - CDGC, 1991.

Contemporary Catalan Theatre / ed. D. George, John London, Sheffield: The Anglo-Catalan Society, 1996.

Deu lliçons sobre teatre: text i representació / J. Sala ed., Girona: Universitat de Girona, 2000.

Història de la Literatura Catalana / dir. M. de Riquer, A. Comas, J. Molas, vols. 10-11, B.: Ariel, 1987-1988.

Història de la Literatura Catalana / coord. Àlex Broch, vols. 1-7, Barcelona: Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana – Barcino – Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2013- 2021.

Romea 125 anys / dir. E. Gallén, B.: Generalitat de Catalunya, 1989.

AADD, «Dossier: Dramatúrgia Catalana Actual», Pausa, 9-10, setembre-desembre 1991, p. 24-90.

AADD, «Monogràfic dedicat al teatre català de postguerra», Caplletra, 14, primavera 1993.

AADD, «Teatre: la generació del “baby-boom”», Transversal, 21, juny 2003.

AADD, Teatre valencià: joves creadors, Alzira: Bromera, 1994.

AADD, Trenta anys de teatre valencià, Alzira: Bromera, 2000.

AADD, La dramatúrgia als Països Catalans, Barcelona: Associació d’Escriptors en Llengua Catalana, 2005 (Quaderns Divulgatius, 27)

AADD, L’escena del futur. Memòria de les arts escèniques als Països Catalans (1975-2005), Vilanova i la Geltrú: El Cep i la Nansa, 2006 (Argumenta, 6)

AADD. Diccionari del Teatre a les Illes Balears, 2 vols, Palma – Barcelona: Ll. Muntaner – PAM, 2003-22006.

ALOMAR, M. Antònia, El teatre a Palma entre 1955 i 1970, Mallorca: Documenta Balear, 2005.

ARBONÉS, Joan, Teatre català de postguerra, B.: Pòrtic, 1973.

ARÉVALO, Just, La cultura de masses a la Barcelona del nou-cents, Barcelona: PAM (Textos i Estudis de Cultura Catalana, 91).

BACARDIT, Ramon; GIBERT, Miquel M. El debat teatral a Catalunya. Antologia de textos de teoria i crítica dramàtiques. Segle XIX, Barcelona: Institut del Teatre, 2003.

BATLLE, Carles «Una valoració de la dramatúrgia catalana actual: realisme i perplexitat», Revista de Catalunya, 86, p. 75-92.

---, «La nova dramatúrgia catalana: de la perplexitat a la diversitat», Caplletra, 22, primavera 1997, p. 49-78.

BROCH, Àlex (dir.) Història de la Literatura Catalana, 7 vols, Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana / Barcino / Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2013-2021.

CANET, Josep Lluís, De la comèdia humanística al teatro representable, València: Universitat de València, 1994.

CURET, Francesc, Història del Teatre Català, B: Aedos, 1967.

FÀBREGAS, Xavier, Aproximació a la Història del teatre català modern, Barcelona: Curial, 1972.

--- De l'Off Barcelona a l'acció comarcal. Dos anys de teatre català 1967-1968, B: Institut del Teatre-Edicions 62, 1976.

--- Història del teatre català, B: Millà, 1978.

--- Teatre en viu (1969-1972), B: Institut del Teatre-Edicions 62, 1987.

--- Teatre en viu (1973-1976), B: Institut del Teatre, 1990.

--- El teatre a la ciutat de Barcelona durant el règim franquista (1939-1954), Barcelona: Institut del Teatre-Edicions 62, 1985.

FELDMAN, Sharon, In the Eye of Storm. Contemporary Theatre in Barcelona, Lewinsburg – Buknell University press, 2009. Traducció en català: A l’ull de l’huracà, Barcelona: L’Avenç, 2011.

FERRER VALLS, Teresa, Nobleza y espectáculo teatral (1535-1622), València: UNED – Universidad de Sevilla, Universitat de València, 1993.

FOGUET, Francesc, Teatre, guerra i revolució. Barcelona, 1936-1939,Barcelona: PAM, 2005 (Textos i Estudis de CulturaCatalana, 103).

FOGUET, Francesc; GALLÉN, Enric; GIBERT, Miquel M. El debat teatral a Catalunya. Antologia de textos de teoria i crítica dramàtiques. Del Modernisme a la Guerra Civil; Barcelona: Institut del Teatre, 2011. 

GALLÉN, Enric. El teatre a la ciutat de Barcelona durant el règim franquista (1939-1954), Barcelona: Edicions 62-Institut del Teatre, 1985 (Monografies de teatre, 19)

MARRAST, Robert, El teatre durant la Guerra Civil Espanyola. Assaig d’història i documents, Barcelona: Institut del Teatre, 1978 (Monografies de l’Institut del Teatre, 8)

MARTÍNEZ, Joan Tomàs, El conflicte social en el teatre català del tombant de segle (1890-1909),Barcelona: PAM, 2016 (Textos i Estudis de Cultura Catalana, 208)

MAS I VIVES, Joan, El teatre a Mallorca a l’època romàntica, Barcelona: Curial – PAM, 1986 (Textos i Estudis de Cultura Catalana, )

--- Estudis teatrals, Palma de Mallorca – Barcelona: UIB – Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics – PAM, 2013 (Biblioteca Miquel dels Sants Oliver, 45)

MASSIP, Francesc, Història del teatre català. Dels orígens a 1800, vol. 1, Tarragona: Arola, 2007.

MASSIP, Francesc; KOVÁCS, Lenke, La teatralitat medieval i la seva pervivència, Barcelona: Institut del Teatre – Universitat de Barcelona, 2017.

NADAL, Antoni. Teatre modern a Mallorca, B: PAM, 1998 (Biblioteca Miquel dels Sants Oliver, 8)

--- Estudis sobre el teatre català del segle XX, B: PAM, 2005 (Biblioteca Miquel dels Sants Oliver, 23) 

PÉREZ de OLAGUER, Gonzalo. Teatre independent a Catalunya, Barcelona: Bruguera, 1970.

RAGUÉ, M. José El teatro de fin de milenio en España. (De 1975 hasta hoy), B: Ariel, 1996.

--- ¿Nuevas dramaturgias? Los autores de fin de siglo en Cataluña, Valencia y Baleares, M: INAEM, 2000.

ROSSELLÓ, Ramon X., El teatre català del segle XX, València: Bromera – Universitat Jaume I – Universitat de València – Universitat d’Alacant, 2011(Essencia, 14)

ROSSICH, Albert; SERRA, Antoni; VALSALOBRE, Pep, El teatre català dels orígens al segle XVIII, Kassel: Reichenberger – Universitat de Girona, 2001.

SALA VALLDAURA, Josep M. Història del teatre a Catalunya, Lleida: Pagès, 2006 (Biblioteca d’Història de Catalunya, 8)

SALORD, Josefina (coord.) Vicenç Albertí i el teatre entre la Il·lustració i el Romanticisme, 2 vols., Palma de Mallorca-Barcelona: Edicions UIB – Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics – PAM,  2001 (Biblioteca Miquel dels Sants Oliver, 43-44).

SALVAT, Ricard Escrits per al teatre, B: Institut del Teatre, 1991.

SERRA, Antoni, Entremesos mallorquins del segle XVIII, Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1971.

SIRERA, Josep Lluís El fet teatral dins la societat valenciana, V: Lindes-Quaderns de Poesia, 1979.

--- «Literatura i pràctiques dramàtiques al País Valencià contemporani: dos segles d'indefinicions» dins AADD, Estudis de Literatura Catalana al País Valencià, Alacant: Ajuntament de Benidorm-Universitat d'Alacant, 1987, p. 139-156.

---, Passat, present i futur del teatre valencià, V: Institució Alfons el Magnànim, 1981.

VILA, Pep, Teatre català del Rosselló (segles XVII-XIX), 2 vols., Barcelona: Curial, 1989

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Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE

Type of teaching Group Language Semester Shift
(TE) Theory 1 Catalan second semester morning-mixed
(PAUL) Classroom practices 1 Catalan second semester morning-mixed