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56 Cards in this Set
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genre
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type of literature
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form
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category
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classical
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of the ancient Greek/Roman
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Elizabethan/Jacobean playwrights
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Marlow & Shakespeare
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modern
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late 19th century (1880's +)
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post-modernism
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new view on modernism
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structure
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physical composition of work
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style
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tone/manner of playwright
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black comedy
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dark humor, about taboo
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high comedy
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idea
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medium comedies (in order)
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language
manners situation |
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prose
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everyday speech
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verse
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poem
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paradigm
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perfect model
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melodrama
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good vs. evil
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drama
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serious play
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classic
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defining, paradigmatic
iconic |
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iconic
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representative
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hamartia
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tragic flaw
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hubris
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excessive pride
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Aristotelian
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of the philosophy of Aristotle
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superstition & myth
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other people's religions
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Miracle play
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about lives of saints
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Mystery play
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from the bible
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Morality play
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play about humanity
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Neoclassicism
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after french revolution, went back to the classics
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protagonist
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the one the story centers around
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antagonist
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opposed to protagonist
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agon
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contest/struggle
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how to determine protagonist
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title
lines change ? |
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norm
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usually a character/group
voice feelings of writer |
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catalyst
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gets the play going
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irony
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what is predicted does not happen
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dramatic irony
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when the audience knows something the character does not
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antihero
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someone who is not good but still liked
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point of attack
colliding factor inciting action |
when the protagonist and antagonist first butt heads
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recognition scene
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when the protagonist realizes that they are wrong and must change their course of action
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obligatory scene
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show down between protagonist and antagonist
author is obligated to show us |
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denouement
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justification
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tragedy
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an act which is serious and causes fear and pity and we experience purgation
usually has scapegoat |
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realism
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an attempt to create the illusion of reality
written in prose |
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naturalism
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1) an attempt to create reality on stage
2) man is determined by nature (predetermination) |
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expressionism
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examination of the psyche
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theatricalism
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uses theatre as a metaphor
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symbolism
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overt use of symbols to find common meaning or truth
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dadaism
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iconoclastic anti-art; rejection of everything before
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surrealism
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the examination of the psychedelic
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absurdism
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random events with no purpose
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epic theatre
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political--covering vast periods of times & places
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classicism
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using the classical method
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aesthete
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studies aesthetics
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Aristotelian Principles of the Drama
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Plot
Idea Spectacle Character Language Music |
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Tetrology
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3 tragedies
Satyr |
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Extant
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remaining
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Deus ex machina
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god of the machine
a contrived ending |
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Unities of theatre
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1. time (24 hours)
2. place (single locale) 3. action (single plot) |
