THEA 100 EXAM 1

Question 1

Farce

Answer 1

A subclass of comedy with emphasis on exaggerated plot complications and with few or no intellectual pretensions. Aims to entertain and provoke laughter

Question 2

Satire

Answer 2

Comic form, using irony and exaggeration to attack and expose folly and vice. more intellectual and moral or political content. Uses wit, irony and exaggeration to attack or expose evil and foolishness. Can attack specific figures; for example the more flamboyant or excessive stars as well as plots and storylines.

Question 3

What type of play structures did Shakespeare write?

Answer 3

Episodic plot structure

Question 4

Episodic play

Answer 4

covers extended period of time, sometimes many years and ranges over a number of locations.

Question 5

Serial Structure

Answer 5

Series of acts or episodes. Individual segments are strung together like charms on a bracelet or bead on a necklace. Sometimes a central theme or common thread hold the various parts together; sometimes there is little or no connection btwn the parts (ex: musical revue)

Question 6

what structure do feminist theorists write in?

Answer 6

Cyclical Structure- one that does not build to a single climax and in which actions are repeated.

Question 7

Burlesque

Answer 7

A ludicrous comic imitation of a dramatic form, play, piece of literature or other popular entertainment. Relies on knockabout physical humor as well as gross exaggerations and occasionally vulgarity. (ex: Hamilton)

Question 8

plot

Answer 8

As distinct from story, the patterned arrangement in a drama of events and characters. With incidents selected and arranged for maximum dramatic impact. Also in Elizabethan theatres, and outline of the play that was posted backstage for the actors.