Incursioni nella lingua e nella storia italiana attraverso il testo del melodramma
Incursions into Italian Language and History through Melodramatic Texts

Summary/Abstract: The present study sets to underline how important it is in applied modern languages programmes to teach disciplines closely linked to the linguistic dimension (such as morphology, syntax, and phonetics) and Italian culture lessons, thus creating a lasting connection between contents that may be considered by learners, at least at first sight, as objects of study belonging to different fields. Starting from the need to develop the students’ ability to create interdisciplinary networks and to outline configurations by thematic areas, we thought it would be useful to draft a didactic itinerary based on the analysis of some Italian melodramas of the 19th and 20th centuries, in order to dwell on the linguistic evolution of some Italian words, on the origin and history of some lexemes/concepts closely related to historical and cultural events, and to make short retrospective trips into Italian history and literature. In addition, the article focuses on intersemiotic translation, highlighting the fruitful intertextual and intersystemic relationship between literature, music, and theatre.

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