Chapter 4 Flashcards
Bourgeois
Came about in middle class
Romanticism
Man giving into natural impulses
Elizabethan tragedy
Shakespeare, Marlo, Webster, Johnston
Jacobean tragedy
King James 1
Modern tragedy
Man v self; miller gave us
Neoclassicism
Man v man; focused on classics; 3 unities
3 unities
Time place and action
Verisimilitude
Illusion of truth
The great chain of being
Hierarchy of status; an order
What role did the chain of being have in renaissance life and in the theater?
When the order is broken then nature and the mind of man is disrupted
What 4 renaissance playwrights are considered representative of the renaissance?
Marlowe, Shakespeare, Johnston, Webster
What movement in Germany contributed to the development of German romanticism?
Storm and stress
What movement forged a path between the rigidity of the French neoclassic model and the free English form of tragedy?
Weimar
What is Arthur millers take on modern tragedy?
When a truth is broken they person is broken
What did neoclassicals drop?
Long lengthy speeches