Drama 115/003 Fall 2013 Exam OneReview plays and notes for an overview of the following:Plays: Basics of plot, character and themes, especially scenes and speeches discussed in class--TriflesLysistrataThe TempestTartuffeTopicsQualities of Drama and Theatre (Initial Classes)Aristotle’s Elements of DramaBasic Cultural Contexts of Plays to Exam OneTheatre Architecture to Exam OneLiterary and Performance Conventions of Greek, English Renaissance and French Neoclassical TheatreDramaturgical Features of Playwrights to Exam OneKeys to ComedyFilm Screenings (as examples of what?)All VocabularyDue to the compressed calendar between PlayMakers’ opening and our coming exam, the PRC Production of The Mountaintop will not be included on this test.Screening Examples: Exam One Glee, “Man in the Mirror” (TV, 2011)Romeo + Juliet (1996)Waiting to Exhale (1995)Mulan (1998)Wall-E (2008)No Country for Old Men (2007)Mighty Aphrodite (1995)Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)Bridesmaids (2011)Dirty Dancing (1987)Shakespeare in Love (1998)The Tempest (2010)Shakespeare Behind Bars (2005)High School Musical (TV, 2006)The Goldwyn Follies (1938)Mr. Bean, “The Heart Attack” (TV, 1990)Vocabulary: Exam OnealexandrineallegoryamphitheatreAristotleartificeasideAthenaauthenticityautobiographyblank versecatharsisCity Dionysiacommedia dell’artedecorumdeflationdemosdidaskalosDionysusdithyrambdranEnlightenmentepic poetryErosFrench Academyfrench sceneGlobe Theatrehumanismillusionisminversionironylicensed theatresLouis XIVMachiavelmasquemetatheatremimesisnaturalismneoclassicismNew York Armory ShowobjectivityodeoikosOld ComedyOrchestraPandorapastoralPeloponnesian WarPoeticspolisproscenium stageProvincetown PlayersPuritansreflexivityRenaissanceRichelieuromanceshareholding companiessoliloquystagecraftstage directionssubtextsurprisetheatricalitytheatronThespisthrust
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