THTR 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Noh, Gestus, Lesson Learned
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Story: poetic textual rendering that focuses primarily on character, hear not seen. Plot: is the limitation of the action, the arrangement of incidents. Classic structure: point of attack/equilibrium (potentially opposing forces are in balance, rising action (the hero/ heroine must accomplish or overcome the task, Inciting incident (a task, challenge or problem is revealed) challenge, or problem: climax (something or someone intervenes to reestablish order, resolution/ equilibrium reestablished. Sitcom: familiar status quo, ritual error made, ritual lesson learned, familiar status quo. Characteristics/effects: about dealing with disruptions to the status quo, and ritually, works to re-affirm ideology (the belief-systems that underpin re-establishing it the status quo) Episodic (theatre: events not necessarily related through cause and effect, multiple story lines, multiple, equally important characters, often relies on common themes and concepts that surface in parallel plots, as a result, equilibrium never fully established or reestablished.
