M&I literature 1 Flashcards

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un dramaturge, un auteur

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a playwright, a dramatist

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des indications scéniques, des didascalies

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stage directions

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des effets scéniques
des jeux de scĂšnes

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stage effects

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4
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voler la vedette

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to steal te show /limelight

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5
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adapter un roman

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to dramatize a novel

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6
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les personnages (2)

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the characters
dramatis personae

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7
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la distribution

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the cast

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un producteur de théùtre

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the producer

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un rĂŽle secondaire, un petit rĂŽle

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a minor part

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un rĂŽle muet

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a silent role

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un rĂŽle de composition

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a character role

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12
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des accessoires de théùtre

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theatrical properties

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13
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une répétition

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a rehearsal

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14
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la répétition générale

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the dress rehearsal

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15
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un aparté

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an aside

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16
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une réplique

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a rejoindre

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17
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monter / mettre en scĂšne une piĂšce

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to put on stage a play

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jouer une piĂšce

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to perform a play

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mettre en scĂšne un personnage

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to stage a character

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20
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jouer le premier rĂŽle

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to play the leading role

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21
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savoir son texte

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to know one’s lines

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22
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j’ai eu un trou de mĂ©moire

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my mind went blank

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23
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l’ironie dramatique

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dramatic irony

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une comédie de moeurs

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a comedy of manners

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la grande comédie, la comédie raffinée

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high comedy

26
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le thĂ©Ăątre de l’Absurde

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the Theatre of the Absurd

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la bouffonnerie, la farce, le burlesque

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slapstick

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un mauvais acteur

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a ham actor

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un bouffon, un pitre

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a clown

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apporter une note d’humour

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to provide comic relief

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en faire trop ( sur scĂšne ) / en remettre une couche

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to ham / to ham it yp

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changer l’interprĂ©tation d’une piĂšce

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to overdo a scene

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faire des pitreries

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to clown around

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grotesque, ridicule, absurde

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farcical

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exagéré

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exaggerated

36
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le divertissement

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entertainment

37
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les arts du spectacle

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the performing arts

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une parodie, un sketch satirique

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a skit

39
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une pantomime

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a pantomime

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une intrigue

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a plot

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l’incident dĂ©clencheur (2)

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the inciting incident
the conflict

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l’action croissante

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the rising action

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le noeud de l’action, le point culminant , l’apogĂ©e

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the climax

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une chute, une retombée

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an anticlimax

45
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l’action dĂ©croissante

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the falling action

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le dénouement (2)

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the denouement
the resolution

47
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des obstacles

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complications

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des péripéties

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peripeteia

49
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le tournant

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the turning point

50
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l’apogĂ©e

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the peak

51
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un rebondissement

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a twist
a sudden development
a turn of events

52
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catharsis

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catharsis

53
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déclencher qqch

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to set sth in motion

54
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se dérouler ( histoire, évÚnement )

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to unfold

55
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dĂ©nouer, dĂ©mĂȘler, rĂ©soudre

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to unravel

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