Literature Flashcards

1
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drama, play

A

le théâtre

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2
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a playwright, a dramatist

A

un dramaturge

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3
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a minor part

A

un rôle secondaire

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4
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a silent role

A

un rôle muet

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5
Q

theatrical props

A

des accessoires de théâtre

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6
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a prologue

A

un prologue

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7
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a soliloquy

A

un soliloque

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8
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an aside

A

un aparté

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9
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a rejoinder

A

une réplique

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10
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to put on/ stage a play

A

monter/ mettre en scène une pièce

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11
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the leading role / the lead

A

jouer le premier rôle

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12
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a tragedy

A

une tragédie

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13
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dramatic irony

A

l’ironie dramatique

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14
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melodrama

A

un melodrame

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15
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a comedy

A

une comédie

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16
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comedy

A

le comique (l’aspect)

17
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a comedy of manners

A

une comédie des mœurs

18
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a tragicomedy

A

une tragi-comedy

19
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romantic comedy

A

une comédie romantique

20
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comedic relief,
to provide comic relief

A

apporter une note d’humour/ détendre l’atmosphère

21
Q

black comedy

A

une comédie noire

22
Q

the Theatre of the Absurd

A

le théâtre de l’absurde

23
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a situation comedy, sitcom

A

une comédie de situation (TV, radio)

24
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to moralise about

A

moraliser à propos de

25
Q

to ham

A

en remettre une couche

26
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to overdo a scene

A

changer l’interprétation d’une scène, exagérer

27
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dramatic

A

1) dramatique
2) théâtral
3) spectaculaire

28
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tragic, tragical

A

(genre, acteur, événement) tragique

29
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comic, comical

A

(événement) comique

30
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farcical

A

grotesque, ridicule, absurde

31
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a skit

32
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a musical

A

une comédie musicale