THST 2120 Lecture 8: THST 2120 LEC 8

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Theatre Studies
• Course: THST 2120
• Professor: Sky Gilbert

Document Summary

Presentation feedback: the woyzek presentation was perfect except for fast talking. Just cast the main characters if there are a lot in your play. Cast for what the characters are mainly doing in the play. The thing about spectacle images in a play (what do we see? is the play dominated by an image on stage? (an overwhelming setting) The thing about diction memoral lines but also wit and poetry (like ernest) (there are memorable quotes in woyzek but only three, the language is repetitive and rhythmic (its kind of poetry) Charcaters, there are major roles, and we know something about woyzek. Plot is hard to find in woyzek. Theme is a moral (imperative) what does the play say about something (ex. When you"re doing your presentation you also need to say why you choose the scene you choose. The beginning of expressionism, brief german movement of extreme big emotions, out of the real because it"s so big.