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What is the significance of "The Poetics"?
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The first written manual stating the elements of tragedy
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The Six Elements of Tragedy:
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1. Character
2. Plot 3. Thought/Theme 4. Language/Diction 5. Music/Rhythm 6. Spectacle/Special Effects |
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What is Plot?
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"the structure of the incidents" DIFFERENT THAN THE STORY. deliberate choices made by playwright. A good plot should be "whole, have beg, mid, end, contain only necessary and probable elements"
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A RECOGNITION && REVERSAL:
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-the hero learns something
-the exact opposite happens than what the hero expects |
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Tragic Characters Are:
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Royalty, of high moral character but NOT perfect!
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What is "Hamartia"?
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A tragic flaw
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Theme:
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the "idea"
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Diction/Language
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"modes of utterance" the tone
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Music
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song, or rhythm, pacing of play
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Spectacle
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visual elements (aristotle says this takes away from the actors)
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What is GENRE?
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categories or "types" of dramas
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Types of Dramas include:
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- tragedy
- comedy - tragicomedy - melodrama - realism - domestic drama - the well-made play - musical theatre |
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Tragedy developed during which time periods?
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Ancient Greece: 5th century BCE
Ancient Rome: 240 BCE - 410 AD |
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Comedy originated where, and what are the 3 types?
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In ancient Greece
-Old Comedy 490-404 BCE -Middle Comedy 404-336 BCE -New Comedy 336 BCE- current |
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What is a typical new comedy like?
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Domestic situations, revolving around love, financial, family relationships. a misunderstanding or concealed information.
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What is a typical new comedy plot?
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boy meets girls, boy can't have girl, older man stands in way, obstacle solved, young lovers unite!
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NEW COMEDY CHARACTER TYPES:
Young Lover: |
ADULESCENCE
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Young unobtainable woman:
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MERETRIX
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Old Man
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SENEX
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The Pimp:
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LENO
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Braggart Soldier:
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MAICUS GLORIOSUS
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The Servant
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PARASITE
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What era did the tragicomedy derive from?
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Elizabethan Era (1558-1603)
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The Well-Made Play
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Eugene Scribe, 1761-1861
Tightly crafted plot Relies on Suspense and Intrigue THE END: DENUEMENT (everything ties together) |
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The Exposition:
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Secret gradually revealed to audience
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Obligatory Scene:
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hero confronts antagonist, misunderstanding unravels
"SCENE A FAIRE" |
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REALISM IS:
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NEW! late 19th century
influenced by developments in the social sciences |
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The Creative Team is Made up Of...
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- the playwrights
- producer - director - performers - designers - specialized consultants |
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The major tasks of the Producer:
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-budget
-publicity -selection of season, script, etc |
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Commercial Theatre VS Regional Theatre
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Commercial- FOR PROFIT
Regional- NON PROFIT |
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The Director is in Charge of:
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Auditions
Rehersal Design Approval |
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The Performers:
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Actors
Dancers Vocalists |
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The Design Team:
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Scene
Costumes Lighting Sound |
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Specialized Consultants:
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Dramaturg (pre-production)
Vocal and/or acting coaches Movement coaches Fight choreographer |
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What is a "movement"?
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when a previously marginalized group begins to exert significant creative and economic control
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What is culture?
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shared values, standards, and patterns of behavior of a particular group of people
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What is pop culture?
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Fads and fashions that dominate mainstream media for a limited time
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What is enculturation?
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The process by which we learn our own culture
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What is a legitimate actor?
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A live performance, room for mistakes, gain feedback
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Verfremdungseffekt
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"alienation", aesthetic distance, making the familiar strange
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Who is Bert Williams?
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First Black American to perform lead role on broadway
(the Ziegfeld Follies) |
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Who is George Walker?
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(of Williams && Walker) important black manager
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WILLIAMS && WALKER
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arguably one of the most succesful vaudeville teams, wrote and produced several productions
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Aida Overton Walker
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choreographed "The Cakewalk"
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"In Dahomey"
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First full-length black musical comedy
Music by Will Marion Cook lyrics by Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Alex Rogers |
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King Shotaway
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1823, First play on record to be written and produced by black author
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Raisin in the Sun
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First production by black female author
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LORT
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League of Resident Theatre
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LORT Key Points:
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-black artists must support small, struggling black theatre
-lort gets important grant $ thru diversity initiatives |
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Playwrights' Tasks
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-establish purpose of play
-develop play's structure -create dramatic characters |
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MIMESIS
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imitation of an action
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Cause and Effect
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something happens that makes something happen (remember Pirates and the Aztec gold that caused the Pirates to come to British city)
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Conflict
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the opposition of characters or forces
**culturally specific |
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Formulatic Plot VS Nonformulatic Plot:
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Form: specific, recognizable blueprint (ie tragedy, the well-made play)
Non: experimental, avant-garde forms |
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What does Aristotle believe is the "ideal play"?
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Oedipus
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