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27 Cards in this Set
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kava (kavi) |
poet, denoted both "poetry to be heard" and "poetry to be seen" |
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Dhrani |
suggestion through language not just what the words say or even what they suggest, but what effect they have on people |
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Kalidasa 390-470 CE |
poet: wrote long poems and plays (author) |
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2 aesthetic criteria for composing plays: |
verisimilitude (truth - likeness are the characters actions/words/motivations plausible) Propriety/decorum (ANCITYA) the characters actions/words.motivations befitting of their status |
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Dusyanta |
an ideal king |
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Sakuntala |
an ideal beauty (nature metaphors) her heroism: is her grace! |
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Abhinya |
guiding /leading towards: is the art of expression in indian aesthetics. It is the art of leading the audience towards emotion |
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Natya |
actions/representing |
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Shastra |
rules/treatise |
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Acting |
profession open to both men and women organized in troupes supported by different noble patron |
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Gesture |
replaced most other elements of stagecraft including props and scenery (stages were mostly bare) |
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Metatheatre |
any aspect pf a play that draws attention to its nature as a drama/theatre |
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Avastha |
5 stages of mind (different stages connected to the plot and inner conflict/growth of a character connected with lines and transitions between them) |
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tetralogy |
3 tragedies one satyr play (played in one sitting) |
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Athenian democracy |
only about 20% of pop. could vote (men owning land) |
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prologue |
monologue or dialogue presenting the tragedy topic |
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parados |
entry of chorus |
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Hamartia |
human weakness/error -falling short/missing mark -lack of knowledge, a "mistake" conflict |
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stichomythia |
stichos=rows mythos=speech technique in which alternating lines or half lines are given to alternating characters |
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oikos |
family, household, private life |
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Polis |
city, body politic , community, public |
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setting of antigone |
right outside balance (in between private and public) (oikos, and polis) |
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Tragedy and / as politics |
-friends -enemies -indfferent -unknown (only the gods know) |
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Polis > Oikos |
Kreon |
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Characters in Antigone |
Antigone (daughter of Oedipus, bury's brother) Kreon (new King or Thebes) Ismene (daughter of oedipus sister of Antigone) Harmon (to marry antigone, son of Kreon) |
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Tragedy |
-not good vs. evil -agree with both parties (no antagonist so to speak) -human condition discussed -takes place within a day close to hers home |
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Tragic hero |
-usually noble, king, GREAT MAN |
