CLAS 206 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Outis, Hamartia, Dramatic Theory
25 Feb 2013
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Multiple choice and short answer (max 2 sentences) Rome (closer to american views: political and military ideology, corruption and moral decline, spectatorship and games at amphitheaters, imperialism (political or cultural) Greece: super-heroism, female tragedies, difficult subjects (philosophy) or cultural taboos (homosexuality) Aristotle: credited with writing the first text on dramatic theory- how to make tragic drama [poetics] Believed to have written a text on comedy too [poetics, vol. 2 types of lectures: advanced students (morning) open public lectures (evening: aristotle returns to athens and founds his own school, lyceum, aristotle"s poetics. Three aspects in which poetic genres (oral or written) can be distinguished from each other: the medium through which they present their imitation i. e. painters use colors and shapes. Rhythm, language (logos), and harmony i. e. music combines rhythm and harmony; dance uses only rhythmical movement: the object of imitation. All poetry is the representation of the actions of human beings.
