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34 Cards in this Set
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medium
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means by which art form presents its material
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selectivity
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the key principle of theatre
the focus of the art form in life |
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deus ex machina
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"god from a machine"
any device brought in randomly to solve problems in an end |
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aesthetic distance
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the distance in which we perceive and appreciate a work of art
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observed theatre
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theatrical technique in which everyone concerned does participate
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sociodrama
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the members of participating groups explore their own attitudes and prejudices
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satire
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expose rediculous behavior
talks about trends, general problem |
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parody
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similiar to satire, but relying on a specific known target
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dark comedy
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ends catastrophically
violation of the rule of "painless" stangeness |
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domestic comedy
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ordinary people, familiar situations
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comedy of manners
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verbal, aimed at the faults and pecularities of the upper classes
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tragic mulatto
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white actors playing a serious, sympathetic african american
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Luis Valdez
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Chicano Theatre
El Teatro Campesino Zoot Suit |
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David Henry Hwang
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M. Butterfly
Asian-American Theatre |
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Eve Ensler
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The Vagina Monologues
Part of the Feminist Theatre |
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Gay & Lesbian Theatre
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Tony Kushner - Angels in America
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non-traditional casting
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casting reinforces canonizing works, marginalizes playwrights from under-represented groups
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Lorraine Hansberry
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A Rasin' in the Sun
African-American Theatre |
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celebration
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tragedies meet this need by giving us admirable victums, sympathy
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"celebration" example
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Aristotle - "The Poetics"
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hamartia
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"error" or "miscalculation"
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melodrama
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exaggerated characters and events
plots arranged to create pity and suspense present a didactic argument for some moral or social point of view |
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sensation scenes
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grand scenic events
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quintessential characters
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the model of a group, represents a group
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stock character
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repedative character
commedia dell'arte |
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crisis
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a moment where a character makes a major decision, which leads to a new direction
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intrigue
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uncertain outcome
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exposition
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how we learn the story of the play
gives us details like: who, what, why, when, what is the conflict |
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episodic structure
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big jumps in place and time
subplots |
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tradegy
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fear, pity, and suffering
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traditional or classic tradegy
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the main characters are people of stature
the central character is caught in a series of inescapable circumstances |
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malapropisms
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words which sound like the right word but have entirely different meanings
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pun
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use of words with the same sound but have different meanings
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comedy of humours
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meaning liquid, and its use in the medieval and Renaissance medical theory that the human body held a balance of four liquids
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