THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 3 Outline of Last Lecture I City Dionysia What is it II Aristotle III Aeschylus IV Sophocles V Euripides VI Aristophanes VII Myths to Know II The Chorus and Messenger in Theater VII Catharsis VIII Climatic Form Outline of Current Lecture I What Changes Did The Romans Make II Two Major Playwrights Plautus and Terrance III Seneca IV Horace V Popular Entertainment For The Romans VI Eventual Decline of Roman Comedy Current Lecture I What Changes Did The Romans Make a They cut out the chorus that Greek comedy had b They added musical company to the dialogue c Emphasis on eves dropping mishearing d Generally the main setting was in the streets while Greeks had it in theaters II Two Major Playwrights Plautus and Terrance a Filled with stock characters i Stock character is a character that has a type they don t care about individuality b Plautus wrote 20 plays that we still have today i New playwrights took some of his plots structure to use in modern times c Terrance was more subtle he wrote 6 plays which survive today i Often combined 2 plots together or used 2 characters to describe both plots differently III IV V VI Seneca a Wrote based on Greek myths b Chorus is of reduced importance it is still present though c Protagonist doesn t have a tragic flaw i They re consumed with passion and emotion d Violence on stage is acceptable now Horace a Wrote work about theater called Art of Poetry Ars Poetica b Much more concerned with making rules c The chorum said how a person should behave according to their given social status age etc d Thought the audience should receive some moral life lesson from the performance while also being entertained by it Popular Entertainment For The Romans a Some example included i Gladiator Fights ii Chariot Races iii Executions iv Pantomime Juggling Gymnastics Song Dance etc 1 Mimes would perform in a found space more informal Eventual Decline of Roman Comedy a Cities exist but people start moving out of the country b Smaller group of people performing now c Christianity rises as dominant social political religious authority i Christian church hates theater because they see it as a pagan said actors were like prostitutes that would do so much for money didn t like the sexual content in plays ii Ironically the church eventually leads theater to coming back
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