THTR 1020 Chapter : Chapter 3 Notes
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Contains his ideas of what made a good play. Influenced western theatre throughout history the renaissance, the neoclassical period, and even today. In order of importance: plot, character, thought, diction (language, music (song, spectacle. Ordering or structuring of the events that actually took place on stage (felner 48). The scaffolding on which a playwright plots a tale to frame or shape the action (felner 352). Climactic structure (aristotelian plot) one main plot: exposition, inciting incident, rising action, crisis, climax, falling action, Episodic structure: many characters and events, events not necessarily cause and effect, can take place over longer time frame and multiple locations, may follow many different stories at once, examples: many shakespeare plays. Serial structure: doesn"t follow continuous story or even include the same characters, examples: george c. wolfe, the colored museum; john cariani, almost, maine. Episodic structure: valentine"s day, big brother, the bachelor, lord of the rings, lost, soap operas.
