L'attesa del re. Note per una lettura del Demetrio di Metastasio
The essay offers a close reading of Demetrius, the first play written by Pietro Metastasio for the court of Emperor Charles VI of Habsburg. Starting from the testimonies about the success at the debut, the contribution focuses on the analysis of the structure, the themes and the main characters of t...
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description | The essay offers a close reading of Demetrius, the first play written by Pietro Metastasio for the court of Emperor Charles VI of Habsburg. Starting from the testimonies about the success at the debut, the contribution focuses on the analysis of the structure, the themes and the main characters of the work. The importance of waiting is therefore highlighted, as the object of the play, as a dramaturgical technique, and as a means of guiding the audience’s reception of the text. |
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spelling | doaj.art-984f98244e494d3980d7105af83b874a2022-12-22T02:38:50ZengUniversity of BolognaDNA Di Nulla Academia2724-51792021-11-012113816410.6092/issn.2724-5179/1380112124L'attesa del re. Note per una lettura del Demetrio di MetastasioGiovanni Ferroni0Università degli Studi di PadovaThe essay offers a close reading of Demetrius, the first play written by Pietro Metastasio for the court of Emperor Charles VI of Habsburg. Starting from the testimonies about the success at the debut, the contribution focuses on the analysis of the structure, the themes and the main characters of the work. The importance of waiting is therefore highlighted, as the object of the play, as a dramaturgical technique, and as a means of guiding the audience’s reception of the text.https://dnacamporesi.unibo.it/article/view/13801metastasiomelodramawaitingsuspencefictionemotions |
spellingShingle | Giovanni Ferroni L'attesa del re. Note per una lettura del Demetrio di Metastasio DNA Di Nulla Academia metastasio melodrama waiting suspence fiction emotions |
title | L'attesa del re. Note per una lettura del Demetrio di Metastasio |
title_full | L'attesa del re. Note per una lettura del Demetrio di Metastasio |
title_fullStr | L'attesa del re. Note per una lettura del Demetrio di Metastasio |
title_full_unstemmed | L'attesa del re. Note per una lettura del Demetrio di Metastasio |
title_short | L'attesa del re. Note per una lettura del Demetrio di Metastasio |
title_sort | l attesa del re note per una lettura del demetrio di metastasio |
topic | metastasio melodrama waiting suspence fiction emotions |
url | https://dnacamporesi.unibo.it/article/view/13801 |
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