DRAMA208 Study Guide - Summer 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Euripides, Social Class, Menander
12 Oct 2018
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DRAMA208
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
History and Historiography
-Historiography: “the writing of history based on the critical examination
of sources, the selection of particulars from the authentic materials, and
the synthesis of particulars into a narrative that will stand the test of
critical methods”
-a way of telling history
-History: a notable event of the past
-passed on by people who held the power
-theatre is the history of the time
-does not look at minorities
-lack of inclusivity
Evolution in the Writing of Theatre History
-positivist approach-Oscar Brockett’s 4 step methodology
-examination of historical data
-select the pertinent material
-use evidence through a process of logical and imagination
-description and interpretation
New Historicism
-post-positivism approach: universals of theatre history are exposed as
being value-laden and biased
-Bruce McConachie: “ritual that serves to legitimize an image of a
historical social order
in the mind of its audience”
-Antonio Gramsci: notion of “hegemony”
-cultural history
-microhistory
-cultural hegemony
-dictates what people think
-“soft power”
-how power works through institutions
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Thomas Postlewait problematizes the notion of periodization === Issues
vs. Periods.
Good theatre history scholarship is the one that
= Acknowledges its limitations
=Draw on the knowledge of what we know to understand what we don’t
know
=Provide great attention to historiography
= Commit to theory to resituate theatre history in the 21st century
(Feminist, Cultural Materialism, Interculturalism, etc.)
-Look at positionality
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Document Summary
Historiography: the writing of history based on the critical examination of sources, the selection of particulars from the authentic materials, and the synthesis of particulars into a narrative that will stand the test of critical methods . Passed on by people who held the power. Use evidence through a process of logical and imagination. Post-positivism approach: universals of theatre history are exposed as being value-laden and biased historical social order. Bruce mcconachie: ritual that serves to legitimize an image of a in the mind of its audience . Thomas postlewait problematizes the notion of periodization === issues vs. Good theatre history scholarship is the one that. =draw on the knowledge of what we know to understand what we don"t know. = commit to theory to resituate theatre history in the 21st century (feminist, cultural materialism, interculturalism, etc. ) Theatre is to the greek people the merging of entirety human experience.
