THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 18 Outline of Last Lecture I Quiz 6 Outline of Current Lecture II Expressionism 1920s III Theatre of Cruelty 1930s IV Epic Theatre 1930s Current Lecture I Expressionism 1920s term first used in France to describe certain painters truth was subjective the world of the play often seems distorted colors and distorted lines in scenic design to reflect the emotional state of the protagonist usually tormented the eyes are extremely important eyes are the window to the soul concerned with inner life wanted to break from the past mostly Germans i e Van Gogh II Theatre of Cruelty 1930s Antonin Artaud Theatre of Cruelty the name for Artaud s approach to theatre most clearly described in his book The Theatre and its Double The Western theatre is too logocentric These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Theatre should be a sensory not literary experience deeply disturbing plays used sensory overload to stun the audience theatre should act like a plague III Epic Theatre 1930s idea is to break the audience s tendency to become lost in a play to distance them from the action so they can think about it Bertolt Brecht 1891 1956 Epic theatre is now primarily associated with him Brecht wrote out specific theories of epic theatre and wrote several plays that embodied his ideas Brecht intended his plays to educate audiences about the attitudes that underlie social problems particularly he was interested in how the upper class was able to continue oppressing the lower class Epic Theatre Techniques Alienation separate the audience from the play so that they are affected socially the artifice of theatre Narrators and placards Historification Gestus a physical action that is repeated isolated and intensified to reveal some social conflict i e bowing kneeling saluting etc
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