Streetcar - Genres Flashcards
1
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What is melodrama?
A
Exaggerated emotions of characters to foreground their motives and explains complex emotions below the surface.
2
Q
What is tragedy?
A
Regarded as a modern tragedy, traditional features of Aristotelian tragedy (Blanche - high birth, tragic flaw, downfall, not in control of fate)
3
Q
What is realism (modern American drama)?
A
Realist style to depict modern America, the breakdown of traditional values and explore tensions within relationships.
4
Q
What is plastic theatre?
A
The use of unrealistic props, sound effects, and setting to express the characters’ state of mind.
5
Q
What is southern gothic?
A
Literary tradition originated in American south, shares some themes such as madness, fixation of death (Edgar Allan Poe key writer in this genre).
