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72 Cards in this Set
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Dionysis
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God of peace, writing, wine, harmony, emotions, parties
-held festivle for him every spring |
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dithyramb
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poems with music
-1st thing that started in "coral competitions" -chours -song sung to god dionysus |
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chorus
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group of 11-15 men that recited the dithyramb
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hypocrite
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-"actors," first term for actors
-an additional man that would say something in response to the chorus -eventually there was more dialogue (hypocrite) than chorus |
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theatron
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-"a place of seeing," where performance for Dionysus festivels occured
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orchestra
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-area where chorus performed
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6 forms of theater
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1. Tragedy
2. Comedy 3. Historical 4. Tragicomedy 5. Melodrama 6. Musical |
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Tragedy
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-1st and oldest form of theater
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Comedy
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2nd oldest form of theater
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Historical
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character or particular period in history
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Tragicomedy
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-both tragedy and comedy
-mediocer ending =>never really sad or funny ending |
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Melodrama
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-1st category that used music as background throughout play
-has very strong definitive good vs. evil theme -acting over the top, almost bad |
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Aristotle's The Poetics
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-around 300BC
-he began studying theater and came up with a list of terms: 1-Plot 2-Character 3-Diction 4-Thought 5-Setting 6-Spectacle |
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Plot
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story line
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Character
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-as person or individual they are playing
-and the personality (character within character) |
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Diction
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-whole level of langualge being used
-three types: 1- Vulgate- simple or uneducated level of language 2- Colloquial- level of language used everyday in conversation by regular people 3- Formal- real sophisticated level of language |
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Thought
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theme of idea of play
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setting
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-where it takes place
-time period (historical, environmental, social, political, religious) |
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spectacle
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-everything else that goes into making the play (visual and artistic elements)
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phalles
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-branched from Dionysus
-was god for comedy |
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Gustaf Freytag
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-Read Aristotle's "The Poetics" and came up with formula
-became known as Frey-tag pyramid |
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Exposition
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-Prelude (introduction to play)
-opening |
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point of attack
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-intro stops and transition starts
-momentary transition |
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Development
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-Plot unfolds, most longest
-elements in it include: => crisis and conflict (internal or between characters) =>foreshadowing- hint to give away what si going to happen in the future (can be music) =>discovery-(a lot of this in melodrama) when a character discovers something about themselves or another character that alters the plot =>reversal- character, situational, fortune (ex: someone starts off rich then turns poor. Bullied person stands up and becomes strong) |
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climax
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-turning point
-highest point |
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denouement
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big/small conclusion
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dialogue
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exchange of words between 2 or more characters
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monologue
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speech by one person: no audience
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aside
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say something to audience
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3 types of staging
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1)Arena
2)thrust 3)Proscenium |
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Arena
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-started in Greece
-(orchestra, theatron) -360' audience -ancient Greece with audience participation |
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2 Types of Roman Theater
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1-upper class wealthy people could go inside
2- Street Performers- for the lower class people |
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What three types of Playes did Church allow during medieval times?
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1-Miracle
2-Mystery 3-Morality |
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morality
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-story has strong moral message
-ideas and beliefs in Christian faith were perosnafied -Devil portrayed as buffoon |
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Miracle
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stories about saints
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Mystery
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stories from the bible
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Thrust Staging
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-created by William Shakespeare
-no improvising was allowed -audience could respond to character -women could watch (1000-900) -Shakespeare was able to cluster groups at different points on stage for different story lines =>he could create differnent timelines with this |
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Clergy
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ones that performed
-after about 1250, plays were turned to actors |
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Proscenium
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-picture-frame staging
-crowd was not allowed to participate |
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Western World Theater
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Arena, Thrust, Proscenium
-photoreal -all about reality through dialogue with actors |
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Asian theater
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Symbolism
-through color and animals -red: character depicting high social status -yellow: color for royalty -crimson/burgandy: military figure -black: common everyday person green: (color of virtue) hero white: death, purity shown through children, elderly |
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animal and insects in Asian Theater
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-Dragons: depicted their god, respected emperor
-tiger: usually some sort of male character -Panda: depicted women -butterflies: long life and happiness -Preying mantis: wisdome -snake: evil -crane: omen (most birds were good omen) -phoenix & exotic birds: wealth, long life, new birth -spiders: good luck/ fortune |
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African Theater
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-stories with no words
-panamized gestures and movement to music, dance |
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words
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all words have a denotative and connotative meaning
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denotative
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actual definition
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connotative
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all things that can be implied or suggested about the word
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3 categories of poems
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1. lyrical
2. Narrative 3. Dramatic |
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Lyrical
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-song-like structure
-can use instruments and be sung -most are 1st person -has a meter -ex: Haiku, Ode, Elegy, Sonnet |
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Narrative
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-tell a story
-usually 3rd person -ex: epic and ballad |
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Dramatic
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-has lot of plot, has characters, dialogue or monologue
-more like drama |
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Structure
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=> Verse- each line is called a verse
=>Stanza- group of verse, paragraph =>couplet- 2 line stanze =>tercet- 3 line stanza =>quatrain- 4 line stanza |
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Punctuations of Poetry
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1. Run-on: no ponctuation
2. Endstop: lines end with question mark, exclemation mark, etc... 3. Enjambment: when thought begins on one line and carries on next line and then ends |
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Enjambment
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__.__ _?___ ___!_ when thought begins on one line and carries on next line and then ends |
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Sound elements
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1. Diction
2. Alliteration 3. Consonance 4. Assonance |
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Alliteration
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-reptition of sound
-(consonant) -tongue twisters |
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Consonance
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-end letter reptition (consonant)
-ex: turn and brown, died and achieved |
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assonance
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- vowls, when vowls repeat with a phrase (consonant)
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euphony
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pleasing (to ears), choice or words and consonants are easy to pronounce
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cacophony
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-harsh to ears
-hard to pronounce |
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rhyme elements
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1. none
2. Exact =>ex: turn and burn 3. Slant => home and drone, beer and hair 4. Internal => repeat of words within the verse |
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Anaphora
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-words that repeat in a poem
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chorus/refrain
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verses that repeat
-repetation of line |
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Symbolism
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1. Metaphore
2. Simile 3. personification 4. hyperbole 5. onomatopia 6. apostrophe 7. synecdoche 8. Metonymy 9. Kenning |
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metaphore
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-comparison, indirect comparison
-compare unlike things |
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Simile
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-direct comparison using the words "like" or "as"
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Personification
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giving human characteristics to non-human objects or animals
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Hyperbole
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-gross over exageration
"I cried a river" |
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onomatopia
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words that sound lik the action thy ar portraying
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Apostrophe
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-When you addrss an inanimat object or person that is not there
-"oh bright star" -"oh mighty God" |
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Synecdoch
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-when you us parts of somthing to describe a whole
-"i i could use some extra hands" -"i bought a new set of wheels" |
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-Metonymy
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-when you use simple words to represent a thing or concept
-"white house"-government |
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Kenning
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-when you use two or more dscriptive words to describe something.
-"fle bitten animal"-dog -"whale road"-ocean -"third rock from the sun"-earth -giver of knowledge"-teacher -"humble adobe"-home |
