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Elizabethan Era - 2 nicknames, during...
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-"Golden Age"
-"Merry England" -Renaissance |
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Elizabethan Era - religious, time of 5 things
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-end of religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants
-prosperity -theatre -North America conquer (slaves) -military -celebrations |
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Elizabethan Era - festivals
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Shakespeare set many plays to take place during Elizabethan festivals (Twelfth Night - dad's bday, Henry V- Scott's bday)
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Elizabethan Era - 3 famous playwrights
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Ben Johnson
William Shakespeare Christopher Marlowe |
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Elizabethan Era - 2 famous poets
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Milton
Spencer |
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Elizabethan Era - 2 famous philosophers
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Bacon
More |
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Ben Johnson wrote (2)
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Volpone (Big Fox)
The Alchemist |
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Volpone (Big Fox)
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fakes his own illness to test friends who are his heirs, comedy of greed
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The Alchemist
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Lovewit's clever slave, Face, disguises himself as an alchemist and cheats greedy snobs
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Christopher Marlowe wrote (4)
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Dr. Faustus
Jew of Malta Edward II Massacre at Paris |
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Dr. Faustus
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scholar makes a deal with the devil to gain absolute knowledge
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Lord Chamberlain's Men: patron and name change
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acting company, patron: Henry Carey, became the King's Men with King James
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Admiral's Men: full name, performed whose plays
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Earl of Nottingham's men, competition, performed Marlowe's plays
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The Globe: structure (2), seating
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Shakespeare plays performed, 3 layers of seats, open roof, seated by status
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The Rose
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home to Admiral's men, Marlowe's plays, staged on 2 levels
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Dr. Faustus themes
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pursuit of knowledge
conflict of science (secular) and the church |
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Spanish Golden Age - rulers, time of... (4)
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-Habsburgs (Philip)
-prosperity -trans Atlantic trade -conquest of Latin/South America -arts |
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Spanish Golden Age - theatres (financed by, location, performers)
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popular, financed by court
public built in cities women could perform no cross dressing |
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Corral - structure (3) seating (2)
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Spanish theatre, open roof, proscenium, multilayered stage (patio), wealthiest sat highest up, women had a gallery
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taburetes
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side benches
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cazuela
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women's gallery
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tertulia
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dignitary gallery
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alojeria
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concessions
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autos sacramentales
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one act religious allegories centered on the eucharist (Last Supper)
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comedias
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3 act dramas written in verse, mixing comedy and tragedy
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short comedic pieces
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entremes, mojiganga, baile
one act farces performed before and after comedias, social commentary |
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Lope de Vega (types 3)
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tragicomedies
adventure "cloak and sword" |
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Lope de Vega (themes 4)
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Bible/saints
mythology history/legends current events/everyday life |
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Tirso de Molina
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first appearance of Don Juan (Trickster of Seville)
makes women fall in love with him then leaves them |
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de la Barca (wrote, influence, style)
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wrote Life Is A Dream
influenced by Lope De Vega more refined and complicated cloak and dagger |
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Life Is A Dream (themes)
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"love and honor"
"fate vs will" Calvinists (predestination) vs Catholics (free will) |
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Life Is A Dream (plot)
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parallels Oedipus
King persecuted Church, isolated son so he didnt convery to Christianity, converted anyway and kept faith until father converted too |
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Sor Juana (4)
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female child prodigy
wrote about unjust gender roles in church silenced by church wrote the Divine Narcissus |
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loa
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prologue
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The Divine Narcissus (plot)
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Narcissus (Christ) falls in love with Human Nature and Echo (Satan) convinces Human Nature to sin so Narcissus won't love her anymore, Narcissus wants to save Human Nature from sin
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The Divine Narcissus (undertones)
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-Christ loves Human Nature because she looks like him, aka loves himself - uncritical Christianity
-erotic subtext |
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France/Louis XIV (3)
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Sun King (absolute monarch)
France militarily/politically powerful patron of the arts |
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2 acting troupes in France
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competing
Hotel de Bour - official Troupe Royale Theatre du M |
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La troupe de Monsieur
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troupe under the protection of Louis XIV
Moliere's first troupe combined with Theatre du M to be Hotel Gue |
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La Comedie francaise (4)
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Louis XIV combined Hotel de B with Hotel Gue into official troupe
staged Moliere's plays closed during French Revolution France's only state theatre |
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French Neo Classicism (influences)
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modeled after Roman/Greek plays
influenced by Spanish playwrights |
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Robert Garnier
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French playwright of Renaissance
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la bienseances
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respecting moral codes/good taste
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la vriasemblance
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plot and action should be believable
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French Neo-Classicism (purpose, style)
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to please and to educate
believable magical elements, unity of space and time |
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tragicomedy
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mixing tragic and comedic elements
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comedy of manners
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makes fun of situations/mannerisms
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comedy of character
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caricature
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Pierre Cornielle
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first plays performed at Comedie Francaise
modeled after classics but were rebellious |
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Le Cid (writer, influence)
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by Cornielle
based on Spanish cloak and dagger story |
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Le Cid (plot)
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man and woman in love but fathers fighting, girl's dad insults guy's dad and he must choose between vengeance and love, kills girl's father, she must choose between vengeance and love, asks for his head
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Le Cid (reception)
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hugely popular
huge debate around it Cardinal Richelieu condemned it didn't subscribe to three unities so should it be performed at Comedie Francaise? |
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Jean Baptiste Poquelin
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aka Moliere
controversial figure, accused of marrying daughter parti des Devots protested plays for being irreverent Tartuffe had to be suspended even though King liked it |
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harpagon
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greedy, cheap man
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Don Juan
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seducer
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tartuffe
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hypocrite
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