ENGL 103W Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Actor, Exponential Growth, Dionysia
12 May 2016
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***first mini essay due 2 weeks from today: jan 23rd 2012. Drama: you don"t have to have people on stage. Representation of action by people pretending to be characters. Actors are not the characters = not real. Genre= style or type / related to the word generic: convenient way of lumping things together. Anthrope = people/ mis=against: dislikes other people. The word tragedy is practically synonymous with greek in the world of classical drama. Context : when/ where something takes place: historical/cultural location. Setting: can refer to a physical setting: physical location. Small city states that shared an ethos: ethos: lifestyle. Singers told stories at tribal banquets, get-togethers, etc: these singers then started acting out the stories. Most likely the idea of goat song probably arose from the idea of sacrifice of animals. They even gave out prizes and held contests for playwrights. Athens was a cultural centre/huge city big cities attract people.
