THEA104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Classical Unities, Tragicomedy
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The ten traits of theatre: live event, actors, audience, particular place, not like movie (movie theater, particular time, will be slightly different each shows, present tense, pre-determined structure, understood conventions, clapping, laughing c. Intermission: communication through all senses, sight, taste, smell, hearing, touch (18 senses, a lasting impact. Greatest thinker and writer of antiquity; master of those who know (dante) Poetics the study of literary expression. Poetics analyzes the ideal form of plays: the primary purpose of theatre is pleasure, and the greatest pleasure is learning the truth. Life and soul of drama: characters. Theme or central idea, message: diction. Order and choice of words: music. Sounds, whether voice or instrument; verse: spectacle. Comedy funny, happy; comedy of manners: high (comedy of manners, domestic (majority-friends, seinfeld, low (animal house, dumb and dumber) Farce hilarious: unbelievable things occur, cartoons, noises off! .
