THTRFLM 1T03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Epic Theatre, Social Realism, Theatricality

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Theatre & Film Studies
• Course: THTRFLM 1T03
• Professor: Peter Cockett

Document Summary

5% = knowledge of material (30 multiple choice) Since the midterm (no doll"s house, mother courage) 1 short answer on fall major production -5pt/question. Analysis of production choices in response to question. 3 short answers on plays/films in the course -5pt/question. Analysis should respond to question and relate to production choices and social discourses (gender, sexuality, race, colonialism, individualism, community, capitalism, globalization) 2 plays and 1 film or 1 play and 2 films - not both the shirt and elderbush gulch. Read lecture notes (realism vs epic theatre) Apply these to the specific plays and films. Think about quotations and specific production choices. Make sure you can recall details - character names, places, significant scenes. Order of study: read lecture notes, re-read plays, watch films etc, apply understandings from notes, make notes on material so you can recall detail. Theatre and cinema tend towards realism - because we are using real people!