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Into to Theater Midterm
Roman,Greek,German,Elizabethan
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Fine Art
Undergraduate 1
10/16/2007

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Mimesis  
Definition
imitation of an action
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Cothurnus

 

Definition
elevated acting shoes
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Hamartia 
Definition
hero's fatal flaw
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Hubris
Definition
undue pride
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Anagnorisis
Definition
moment when hero realizes their fatal flaw
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Perpeteia
Definition
change in ones ways
Term
Didactic
Definition
teaching
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5 Functions of Ritual
Definition

1. Form of Knowledge

2. Didactic

3. Influence

4. Glorification

5. Entertain/Pleasure 

Term
6 Aristotelian Elements of Drama
Definition

1. Plot

2. Character

3. Thought

4. Diction

5. Music

6. Spectacle 

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The Unities
Definition

1. Place (single place)

2. Time (less than 24 hours)

3. Action (single; no side stories)

 

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Presentational
Definition
playing to the audience
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Representational
Definition
playing for the audience
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Willing Suspicion of Disbelief
Definition

*actors pretend audience is not there

*audience forgives the limitations of the medium 

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27 BC
Definition
Julius Caesar becomes emperor
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Mansion
Definition

Gothic church in which Medieval theater was performed in.

Performed by clergy men

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Everyman
Definition

Heroic story into the depths of Hell

*Contemporary adventure story from Medieval Time period 

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Pope Innocent III
Definition
Bans theater in the church
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Characteristics of Elizabethan Theater
Definition
*Internal struggle of the human psyche (more complex than just good vs. evil)
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Dumb Show
Definition
brief plot summary
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V-Effekt
Definition
dont let the audience get too connected to the actors, alienate them.
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Methods of Alienation (4)
Definition

1. Direct communication to the audience

2. Expose the stage

3. Ironic Counterpoint

4. Sinage - visual aids 

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Objective
Definition
view from outside
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Subjective
Definition
view from inside (usually distorted)
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The Canon
Definition
group which decided literary masterpieces
Term
Naumachia
Definition
Naval battles (roman theater)
Term
Venatoria
Definition
beast battles (roman theater)
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Feast of Fools
Definition
inversion of hierarchy (peasant becomes king for a day)
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Pageants
Definition
moving cart stages in Medieval theater
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Richard Burbage
Definition
one of shakespeares close friends, helped build The Globe Theater
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the pit
Definition
where the common people stood (Elizabethan)
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groundlings
Definition
name for the common people who stood in "the pit"
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Gesamtkunstwerk
Definition
Total work - spectacle, music, voice
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Scherzo
Definition
fragment of symphony played with humor
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534 BC
Definition
first play, written by Thespis
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