DRAM 1101: EXAM 1
40 Cards in this Set
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Ritual
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a set of actions, mainly performed for their symbolic value
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Theatre
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someone performing something or someone else
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Basic Elements of Theatre
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what is performed
the performance itself (all aspects)
the audience
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Willing Suspension of Disbelief
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even though the audience knows the events aren't real, it agrees to believe them anyway.
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Conflict
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characters/forces that oppose each other, see characters thinking/facing challenges
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Stasis
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when everything is calm
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Protagonist
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person who has to overcome obstacles/forces
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Antagonist
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force/person protagonist has to overcome (opponent)
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Dramatic Action chronological vs. nonlinear
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chronological (linear/climactic)- exposition, initiation, complication, climax, denouncement
non linear (episodic)- traces characters journey, final action helps understand meaning
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Exposition
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introduction
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inciting incident
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moment that disrupts stasis, emergence of conflict
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Rising Action
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series of complications after inciting incident
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climax (crisis)
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moment of dramatic explosion, point of no return
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Denouncement (falling action)
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things begin to resolve
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melodrama
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hero and badguy, melody and music, evil trumped by good, element of science
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Major Dramatic Question
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question that reveals central conflict, right after inciting incident, answers what happened? Different from theme and social message
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What about Trifles in NYC took away from realism
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exaggerated awkward pauses
humor
heightened drama
presence of men (?)
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climax of trifles
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discovery of dead bird
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denouncement of trifles
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hiding the evidence/knowing the men won't find out
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First Actor?
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thesbis
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function of greek theatre
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religious/corporate act
linked society with debates and discourse-forum
taught society
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main acting space in greek theatre?
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orchestra
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theatron
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seeing place, where ppl sat
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skene
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backdrop or hut
actors change behind
doors
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parados
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where performers entered into orchestra
sides of skene
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eccylema
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scenic device/cart to show dead ppl
wheeled through center door of skene
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Deus ex Machina
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crane like device used for raising and lowering the lead actor at the end of the play, shows gods solving problems
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conflict/theme of oedipus
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political
limits of human knowledge
limits and fragility of human happiness
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argon
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debate over happy idea
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komos
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exit of feasting and revelry, carnivalistic ritual
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satyr
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comic work presented after classical greek tragedy
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what does MDQ stem from
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inciting incident
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thymele
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alter space
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origins of theatre
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ancient rituals and festivals
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choregus
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author, director, actor, producer
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spectators #
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14,000 to 17,000
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qualities of theatre
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1. lifelikeness
2. ephemerality
3. objectivity
4. complexity of means
5. immediacy
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catharsis
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purgation of pity/fear
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parabasis
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choral passage addressed to audience
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chiton
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over tights to look naked
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DRAM 1101: FINAL