Revision Midterm Flashcards
What is a topic?
only one word
What is the theme?
a full sentence
What is theatron?
seeing place
What is a performance in the framework of the story, speaking or singing the words of a more or less fixed text?
Drama
A space for dramatic performences?
Theater
Name 5 literary elements
Theme, symbolism, plot, monologue, and irony
Technical elements; there are stage props name them(4)
Costumes, make-up, lights, and decorations
What is the use of the technical elements?
Highlight the theme
Body language, mouvement, and the voice (variation of tone) are?
Performance elements
What do you find in literary, technical, and performance elements?
Stage directions
(evolution of drama)
religious rituals are found in which countries(2) in particular?
Africa and Ancient Egypt
Asia and Japan; Noh vs Kabuki what do they represent?
Noh: for the rich aristocratic
Kabuki: for the masses
What is the name of the writing festival in Ancient Greece?
Sophocoles won it many times
The City Dyonisa
What deos secular mean?
when does theater become secular?
non religious
Renaissance
Where can you find secular festivities?
Ancient Rome
What does the church think about theater in the early Middle Ages?
The Church discourages it
What does the church think about theater in the late Middle Ages?
encourages religious theater
When does Theater become a distinct institution?
Renaissance
When does Antiquity end (Middle ages begin)?
476
When does the Renaissance begin( end of middle ages)?
around 1500
What does Tragedy focuses on?
The misfortune of the individual
What does the Comedy focuses on?
Fortune of the community or common good
What is a distinct ending in comedy?
Often ends with marriages or some sort of celebration
The sense of reform or renewal of the society is associeted with?
Comedy