Da Mallarmé a Bozzetto: un percorso didattico interdisciplinare sul “Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune” di Claude Debussy

Abstract

This teaching application focuses on Claude Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (1892-1894). The goal is to develop specific skills pertaining to the listening of the French repertoire of the end of the 18^th century. The literary reference to Stéphane Mallarmé’s Après-midi d’un faune allows for a cross-disciplinary approach to the activities, which also helps students acquire the concepts of symbolism and impressionism. The application is addressed to high school students (in their last year) and requires collaboration among teachers of literature, history, foreign languages and arts. The program involves two stages: an analysis of Mallarmé’s text based on Debussy’s music, and a guided listening activity that focuses on the methodological principles of segmentation, repetition, layering and verbalization. Among possible further activities for a cross-disciplinary development, the author suggests a reasoned comparison with the animation film Allegro non troppo, created by Bruno Bozzetto in 1976 on the music of the Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune.