THTR 1020 Lecture : Notes 2
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January 21, 2015: example from the text: Because the play is intended for performance, its written text leaved large areas blank. Plays are meant to be a blueprint for actions . Going way back to aristotle: who was aristotle, greek philosopher, 384-322 bce, student of plato, tutor to alexander the great. Why study aristotle: wrote the poetics, contain his ideas of what made a good play. Influenced western theatre throughout history- the renaissance, the neo- classical period, and even today: talked about the genres of tragedy and comedy, of which tragedy is, how does this relate to today? superior. In order of importance: plot, character, thought, diction (language, music (song, spectacle. Every tragedy, therefore must have six parts, which parts determine its quality- namely, plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle, song . Tragedy, then is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a purgation of these emotions .
