ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 15 Expository Class: 4 Interactive Classroom: 22 Total: 41
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Spanish Language and Literature, Theory of Literature and General Linguistics
Areas: Spanish Literature
Center Faculty of Humanities
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Define and understand the fundamental characteristics of various performing arts.
2. Describe the historical development of performing arts, identify key milestones, and understand different types of performance venues, demonstrating basic knowledge of theater architecture.
3. Possess a general understanding that enables them to autonomously undertake future cultural initiatives aimed at promoting, valuing, preserving, or presenting events in the realm of performing arts.
1. PERFORMING ARTS
• Concept and classification of performing arts. Specific and distinguishing elements of different forms of performance.
• Performance spaces: Types of theaters—street theater and chamber theater. Types of venues.
• The performance system: agents, processes, and institutions.
2. HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND PROCESSES IN THE PERFORMING ARTS. BASIC HISTORY OF PERFORMING ARTS
• The birth of the performing arts in the West: Greece and Rome.
• From the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period.
• The 19th and 20th centuries.
• Main artistic and theatrical movements of Modernity.
3. OVERVIEW OF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS
• Performing arts in the contemporary Hispanic world.
• Programming, festivals, networks, companies, etc.
• Analysis of audiences and reception of performances.
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Amorós, Andrés y José María Díez Borque (coords.), Historia de los espectáculos en España, Madrid, Castalia, 1999.
Andaluz Pinedo, Olaia, Hugo Sanjurjo González y Raquel Merino Álvarez, “Recursos de Humanidades Digitales para el estudio del teatro (traducido): bases de datos, corpus y herramientas desarrollados en TRALIMA/ITZULIK”, Talía. Revista de Estudios Teatrales, 3, 2021: 7-16.
Arias de Cossío, Ana María, Dos siglos de escenografía en Madrid, Madrid, Mondadori, 1991.
Becerra de Becerreá, Alfonso, Dramaturxia, Vigo, Galaxia. Biblioteca de Teatro, 2007.
Cimarro, Jesús F., Producción, gestión y distribución del teatro, Madrid, Fundación SGAE, 2023 (1ª ed. 1997).
Colomer, Jaume, Análisis de la situación de las artes escénicas en España, Madrid, Academia de las Artes Escénicas de España, 2016 [Descarga libre: https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/descargaPdf/analisis-de-la-situacion-d…]
Dabrowska, Monika y Roxana Beatriz Martínez Nieto, “Aportaciones de las Humanidades Digitales a los estudios sobre teatro: una revisión sistemática (2001-2020)”, Rilce, 38, 2, 2022: 617-643.
Fernández Consuegra, Celia Balbina, Estudios de performance. Performatividad en las artes escénicas, Omm Press, 2018.
García Barrientos, José Luis, Cómo se comenta una obra de teatro, Madrid, Síntesis, 2003.
Gasset, Ricardo, Carmen Giménez Morte y Tomás Motos, Trabajo de Sísifo. Las artes escénicas en la educación, Madrid, Academia de las Artes Escénicas de España, 2021.
Gómez García, Manuel, Diccionario del teatro, Tres Cantos (Madrid), Akal, 1997.
Heras, Guillermo, Pensar la gestión de las artes escénicas: escritos de un gestor, prólogo de Paula Brusca de Giorgio, Caseros, RGC Libros, 2012.
Howard, Pamela, Escenografía, Vigo, Galaxia, Biblioteca de Teatro, 2004.
Huerta Calvo, Javier (dir.), Historia del teatro español, Madrid, Gredos, 2003.
López-Ligero, Mar, La obra de teatro. Manual técnico de artes escénicas, Barcelona, Editorial UOC, 2017.
Moscoso Prado, Adriana (dir.), Guía legal y financiera de las artes escénicas en España, Madrid, Instituto de Derecho de Autor, 2012.
Muro, Robert (dir.), Informe sobre las artes escénicas en España: distibución, programación y públicos (2020), Madrid, Academia de las Artes Escénicas de España, 2020 [también hay de 2018].
Oliva, César y Francisco Torres Monreal, Historia básica del arte escénico, Madrid, Cátedra, 1990.
Romera Castillo, José, Teatro español entre dos siglos a examen, Madrid, Verbum, 2011.
Romera Castillo, José, Pautas para la investigación del teatro español y sus puestas en escena, Madrid, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, 2011. eLibro Cátedra España.
Romera Castillo, José, Teatro de ayer y de hoy a escena, Madrid, Verbum, 2020.
Romero Ferrer, Alberto, “La escena del siglo XIX, «domicilio de todas las artes»”, Anales de Literatura Española, 18, 2005: 317-327.
Ruiz Pérez, Pedro, “Teatro de los teatros”, en José-Carlos Mainer (dir.), Historia de la literatura española. 3. El siglo del arte nuevo, 1598-1691, Barcelona, Crítica, 2010: 95-99.
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Vieites, Manuel F. (coord.), Cento vinte e cinco ano de teatro en galego, Vigo,
• Con06: Knowledge and coherent, appropriate use of the environmental languages (Spanish or Galician), both orally and in writing.
• Con09: Recognition of the diversity of communicative cultures and development of strategies to facilitate communication among diverse human groups.
• H/D04: Communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions clearly and effectively to both specialized and non-specialized audiences.
• Comp08: Advocate for culture as a tool for social transformation and a response to key contemporary societal challenges.
The Virtual Classroom on the USC Virtual Campus will serve as the primary platform for all teaching and communication between instructor and students. All essential learning resources, tasks, and practical activities for continuous assessment will be available and submitted through the course’s virtual classroom.
There will be one synchronous online teaching session per week and one synchronous online tutorial session.
These sessions can be attended either in a designated classroom at the Faculty of Humanities or remotely via streaming technology (MS Teams). All materials used in these sessions will be uploaded to the virtual classroom.
Weekly tutorial sessions will offer theoretical-methodological guidance and resolve any doubts. Synchronous participation will be facilitated via MS Teams and email. Email queries will be answered within 48 working hours, except in justified circumstances. Continuous assessment tasks will be graded within 7 days under normal conditions.
Summary of Methodology:
• Use of streaming technology for meetings between instructor and students.
• Use of academic and bibliographic resources.
• Video or audio presentations explaining course content.
• Digital links to audiovisual materials.
• Individual coursework of various types submitted via the virtual classroom or presented orally.
• Short videos exploring specific aspects of the course content.
• Activation of any other educational resources that support distance learning.
• Independent study is essential for exam preparation.
The course will be assessed via continuous assessment (60% of the final grade). This will include active participation in the virtual classroom (10%), timely completion of specific assignments, and completion of assigned readings and their evaluations, which may be oral or written and scheduled in advance.
A longer, written assignment will also be required, accounting for 25% of the continuous assessment grade. This must be submitted before the final exam as a prerequisite for taking the exam.
Course content or practical sessions may be adjusted during the semester due to unforeseen circumstances. Adjustments will only involve the removal of content or activities, never the addition of new ones.
The continuous assessment grade (60%) will be retained for both the first and second exam attempts. To sit the exam in either session, students must have completed all mandatory assignments and activities. Students who have not done so must contact the instructor during the interim period to resolve this.
The final written exam, worth 40%, will assess theoretical content and will take place on the date officially scheduled by the institution.
The final grade will be the weighted average of both components: continuous assessment (60%) and final exam (40%).
Evaluation Summary
• Active and continuous participation in the virtual classroom: 10%
• Continuous assessment activities (written assignment and practical exercises including written tasks, reading tests, oral presentations, quizzes, or other virtual/streaming activities): 40%
(Includes a mandatory written assignment worth 25%)
• Final exam (mandatory): 40%
Cases of academic dishonesty will be addressed in accordance with the university's regulations on academic performance and grading review. Academic dishonesty includes total or partial plagiarism (literal or conceptual) without proper citation or reworking, as well as the submission of AI-generated, non-original work. In such cases, the instructor may convene a special oral exam (via MSTeams) to verify the authenticity of the student's work.
Repeat students must fulfill the same requirements as first-time students, including completion of all mandatory practical activities. They are encouraged to meet with the instructor at the beginning of the semester to address any conflicts, especially if there are schedule overlaps with other subjects.
Modifications in course activities and assessments will be implemented for students with special educational needs, provided the instructor receives official notification from the competent university body. Students must request adaptations at the beginning of the academic year through the Participation and University Inclusion Service using the appropriate form.
Personal study and other activities: 95 hours
Students will complete a variety of tasks, including:
• Bibliographic exercises or reflective activities based on questionnaires, text commentaries, or audiovisual/statistical materials.
• A longer, individually authored written assignment, based on topics proposed at the start of the semester, after a tutorial to define the subject, methodology, and timeline. The project may also be presented orally.
• Study of the theoretical content of the course.
• Attend all sessions to follow the course consistently.
• Participate in tutorial sessions to clarify doubts.
Language of instruction: Spanish
Mª De Los Desamparados Juan Bolufer
Coordinador/a- Department
- Spanish Language and Literature, Theory of Literature and General Linguistics
- Area
- Spanish Literature
- amparo.juan [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
| Thursday | |||
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| 17:00-18:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Spanish | Seminar 214 |
| 01.08.2026 17:00-19:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 15 |
| 06.15.2026 16:00-18:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 16 |