Engels Literatuur Klas 5 Victorian Age Drama Flashcards
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Renaissance
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Heyday of the English drama: changes because of civil war
- shakespeare, jonson, marlowe
- richard III: historical plays
2
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1642-1652
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Oliver cromwell, a puritan, closed the theatres
3
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1660
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Theatres opened again (monarchy was restored)
4
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1668-1710 restauration drama
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- main purpose was to mock society
- only high class people went to theatres
- before it was played in playhouses, now in theatres
- women entered the stage
5
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18th century: neoclassicism
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- modeled on the classics of Greece and Rome
- Very strictly aplied rules
- educate the audience
- satirical
- lacks the human touch
6
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There are four types of drama related to neoclassicism
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- the Heroic drama- hero
- Melodrama -love
- sentimental drama - slapstick
- comedy of manners
7
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19th century : Romantic period
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- great period of english theatre, but not a great period of playwriting. Played shakespeare
- poetry was important, playwriting as well. Acting wasnt
8
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Irish movement
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- oscar wilde, j.m. Synge, w.b. Yeats, george bernhard shaw
- comedy of manner
