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First oral exam Flashcards

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chorus has moment alone with the audience

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Parabasis

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2
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Characters include members of the community

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old comedy

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3
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Not limited to three actors

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old comedy

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4
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large chorus

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old comedy

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5
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aristophanes

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old comedy

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6
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Period of transition and experimentation in the 4th century

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middle comedy

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7
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alexis

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middle comedy

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8
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stock characters

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new comedy

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9
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Restricted set of personality traits
Consistent plot function
Consistent social role
Consistent names

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stock characters

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10
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No more obscenities, personal, or political attacks

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new comedy

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11
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Focuses on domestic life, love, marriage, and money

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new comedy

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12
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menander

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new comedy

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13
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written 100 years after the golden age of greek theatre

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poetics

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philosophical consideration of beauty and other artistic principles

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Aesthetics

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humans are by nature prone to engage in the creation of likeness and to respond to likeness with pleasure

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imitation

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“An imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play, in the form of action, not of narrative, through pity and fear affecting the proper purgation of these emotions”

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definition of tragedy

17
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6 elements of tragedy

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Plot
Character
Diction
Thought
Song
Spectacle

18
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Reversal of plot

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Peripeteia

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messenger arrives to deliver news, recognition

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Anagnorisis

20
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How things are said

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diction

21
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What is said

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thought

22
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city where antigone takes place

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thebes

23
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the effect of tragedy is

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pity and fear

24
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author of antigone

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sophocles

25
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author of medea

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euripides

26
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building behind greek stage

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skene

27
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where audience sits

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theatron

28
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great dionysia is where?

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athens

29
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exessive pride

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hubris

30
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playwright who introduced second actor

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aescuylus

31
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order of playwrights

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  1. Aeschylus
  2. Sophocles
  3. Euripides
32
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entrance of greek chorus

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parados

33
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6th century BCE figure who stepped out of the chorus to preform as a character. Credited with invention of tragedy

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thespis

34
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author of the trojan women

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euripides

35
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triangular scenic device that allow quick changes

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periaktoi

36
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city where medea takes place

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corinth

37
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unity of action means

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no subplots

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