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Epic narrative

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Long story about important event in poetry form; Odyssey and Illiad

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Boundary Questions

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Who am I?

Where did I come from?

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Phalluses in Old Comedy

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Made of leather, flaccid, very long

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Tragic play structure

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Prologos 
Parados 
Episodo 
Stasimones 
Exodos
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Efficaciousness

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Theatre intending to have a result on the audience

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Aragnorisis

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Ignorance to knowledge

Happens at same time as perepteia

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chorêgoi

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wealthy citizens who were “asked” to fund performances; producers

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Color in costumes

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Higher aristocracy had more saturated colors; lower aristocracy had blue stripes/vertical stripes

the light the costume color, the lower their role in society

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Cult of Dionysus

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Articulates masculinity

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Lenses

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Deconstruction - breaking apart theater practice & asking who has the power

Multicultural/Ethnic - how ethnic characters/situations/theater practices arises & shapes theater

Feminism - Gender roles in plays & practices, who has the power

Marxism - who is exercising power & who is powerless

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New Comedy

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More realistic than old comedy

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To Kalon

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Means “Ideal Forms”; the goodest. There’s ideal form for everything in world coming from Ether, anything in natural world is an imperfect imitation.

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Masks in New Comedy

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  • Masks go back to normal size

- No longer brightly colored or grotesque

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Action of Hubris

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Do something or say something out loud that displays excessive pride, which outrages the gods

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Inciting incident

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Start of the play

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Mimesis

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Representational, imitation

TO KALON

Everything is an imperfect imitation of the ideal

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Causational Chain

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First action or spoken thought of the protagonist (protagonist says something or does something), becomes cause of next lines
-this is why no deus ex machina in play

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Ideal Tragedy

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Play is imitation of action that is serious, complete, no feud ex machine

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Parados

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Entrance of chorus

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Happy Idea

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Preposterous idea that becomes spine of the play, can be introduced before, during or after parados.

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Cult of Persephone

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Articulates femininity

Story of Demeter and daughter Persephone, tells about changes of seasons etc

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Methexis

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Group participation when you absolutely believe in it.

  • complete & total investment in the truth of what you’re doing
  • blurs line between performance and audience
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Essence of Heroic Outlook

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Pursuit of honor through action

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6 elements of drama according to Aristotle

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  1. Plot
  2. Characters
  3. Thought or theme - mostly theme
  4. Language - diction, the expression of the meaning in the words, which are proper and appropriate to the plot, characters and end of tragedies
  5. Music - musical quality of chorus
  6. Spectacle
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Heroic Ideal
Male Native born of Greece, therefore you're a citizen Ages 16-65 Training has been balanced: train physically, intellectually and spiritually Soldier citizen Heroic acts leads to immortality
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Costumes in Old Comedy
Very exaggerated, the body rolls in the costumes are much larger - still used Kothornous, Sandals - Chitons are longer - Broaches - Himation
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hypocrite
actor
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Semiotics
Signs and symbols on stage
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Costumes in New Comedy
- More normal looking - Still knee length - Less colored - Himatinos, Chitons are neutral colored - Still use body stockings/rolls
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Stasimon
Choral song ``` Summarizes Warns protagonist Sets moral tone of play Sets rule conduct of culture Repetition ```
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Old Comedy Structure
1. Prologos 2. Parados 3. Agon - in which the merits of the happy idea are debated. The opponents of the happy idea always lose, or else there would be no play. 4. Parabasis - Chorus speaks directly to the audience; expresses the poet's opinion on a number of subjects 5. Episodes - implementation of happy idea, not sequentially related so episodes can be moved around and still make sense 6. Revel/Feast - play ends with a feast, happens directly after happy idea has crashed to a halt.
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Hamartia
Tragic flaw; downfall of person in epic narrativ; usually positive trait
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Epistilogical Paradigm
How people at any time or place understand reality
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Oedipus' Action of Hubris
Saying he is going against fate, going against Tiresias, accusing the prophet of being wrong and conspiring against him.
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Agamemnon, written by Aeschylus, characters
- Clytaemnestra - Agamemnon's wife, running Argos while husband/king is away. Leading Argos as if she were man, having de-sexed herself. Ultimate goal is to kill Agamemnon - Agamemnon - returning from Trojan War, before play started has sacrificed his daughter for safe passage to Troy. - Cassandra - prize brought back from Troy by Agamemnon; has been touched then cursed by Apollo, being able to foresee events but having no one believe her, foresees Agamemnon's death - Aegisthus - Agamemnon's father's brother's son. Ag's father, Atreus, killed his brother, Thyestes, to gain heirship of throne. Thyestes' son plans to bring justice by plotting with Ag's wife, Clytaemnestra, to restore himself as the rightful heir of Argos
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choryphaeus
chorus leader; steps forward to speak with protagonists
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Kothornous
Lifted boot, since all actors men, heigh used to distinguish between male/female characters -used to distinguish authority. Rest of shoes were soft soled flat shoes and sandals
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Mask
full headdress, doesn't cover just face. Made of wood, linen, leather, animal fur, hair. Satyr Masks for Satyr Plays: pointed ears, full beard, animal hair on back of head, tail, hairy faces Tragedy masks needed special emotions. Masks for 'women' had larger eyes and larger mouth Masks amplified actors voices
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Dithyramb
Long hymn sung & danced by group of 50 men Greek drama originated in dithyrambic choruses
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Chitons
Ankle length robes in tragedy, which meant authority/high standard
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Exodos
Ending
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Masks in Old Comedy
Same as tragedy masks, also: - Characters are animals/things, so a lot of masks are animals/creatures/gods: - highly colored - Exaggerated - Grotesque - Larger than life - Huge, distinct, colorful, bizarre
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Prologos
Like prologue, introduced by secondary character
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Oedipus' Hamartia
- Commitment to Justice - Commitment to Truth - Sense of Duty, Loyalty - INTEGRITY
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Satire
Lifts something out of everyday life to ridicule it w/ intentions of getting/inspiring audience to make it better -Dont need to utilize same structure as parody
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Satyr Plays
Comical plays structured like Greek Tragedy - Parodied and poked fun at greek institutions like religion & folk heroes - Had elements of Vulgarity
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Phalluses in New Comedy
Still worn but more normal sized
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Completeness
Beginning Middle End Completeness tied in with complex plot
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Causational Chain in Oedipus
First action or thought said outloud by protag is first link in causational chain of complex plot Causational Chain is the Complex Plot -Causational Chain is Oedipus saying "I'm going to find guy responsible for this" is first link in causational chain
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Episodos
Moment of action
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Himation
Cloak affixed to chiton
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Plot
Arrangement of dramatic incidents
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Oedipus, written by Sophocles, Characters
- Oedipus, king of Thebes - Creon, Oedipus's brother in law, Oedipus's right hand man until Oedipus turns on him - Jacosta, Oedpus' wife and Queen of Thebes. Actually Oedipus' mom - Tiresias, blind prophet, accuses Oedipus of being the curse of the land of Thebes - Priest, notable since play starts with split prologos between Oedipus and Priest
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Old Comedy
- Aristophanes, who invented social satire - Makes fun of society, politics, culture - Large cast - Not restricted to one locale - Does not take place in short span of time - Has Agon and Parabasis - Physical comedy like slapstick sometimes
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Inciting Incident in Oedipus
Creon comes back from Oracle with instructions on how to fix it, Oedipus says "I'll fix it!", which is his first action, first link in causational chain
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Peripeteia
Reversal of fortune From good to bad to good Happens at same time as Aragnorisis
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Teleological End
The full final form. Everything is striving to reach its teleological end. Aristotle says nothing comes into society in its full final form Aristotle believes theater as way to reach teleological end Men can reach their final form by katharsis, purging of the emotions to reach full final form
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Oedipus plot structure
- Split prologos between oedipus and priest - premature episodo with priest - Creon enters in another episodo with inciting incident - plays starts then chorus comes in - Tiresias enters in another episodo
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Fittingness
Aristotle's F-word Everything relating to what's happening must be appropriate to that -King must talk, act, interact like a king. Thought theme must be fitting to thesis of play
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Aristotle's objective of Tragedy
Katharsis; aims to arouse fear and pity in men in audience - Fear of what's happening to protagonist may happen to them - Pity: protagonist striving to be ideal but has all these things happening to them
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Protagonist
Should be renowned and prosperous so his change of fortune can be from good to bad due to hamartia Needs action of hubris Peripeteia Aragnorisis
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Ideal Tragedy
Must be serious and complete Beginning Middle End Beginning: nothing can come before it Cannot have inciting incident before the play starts Ending - nothing can come after

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