THTRFLM 1T03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Augusto Boal, Vladimir Propp, Russian Formalism
6 Oct 2017
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Tragedy is the imitation of an action . Aristotle says every good action has a beginning, a middle, and an end. The action of tragedy is that a great person falls to destruction. Analyzed fairy tales and found repeated patterns. Formal elements of the action of a play. Films and plays often feature several of these. In possible world of the play or film. In relation to cultural discourses of the creators" society. In relation to the cultural discourses in our own society. In tragedy, an empathizing audience will share in the happy resolution and the restoration of social order at the end. Arguing that we see through human eyes is not acceptable. There is always a particular perspective created as a consequence of the choice of protagonist. They have a beginning, middle, and an end. Aristotle also says that each part must be causally related to the other creating a progression of seemingly inescapable logic.
