HUMA 1105 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Thyestes, Ismene, Sigmund Freud

• School: York University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMA 1105
• Professor: Loredana Kun

Document Summary

Boustrophedon: wrote right to left > semitic. Divine myths: supernatural beings are the main characters, gods/goddesses (ex. Fables: use animal behaviours that resemble humans, deliver a moral. Jokes: stories with a punch line and provoke laughter. Authors of tragedies of high classical period: 480-323 b. c. O(cid:396)(cid:272)hest(cid:396)a: (cid:862)da(cid:374)(cid:272)i(cid:374)g spa(cid:272)e(cid:863) (r > l, l > r talented dancers) in the middle. Ke(cid:374)e: (cid:862)te(cid:374)t(cid:863), usuall(cid:455) de(cid:272)o(cid:396)ated as a palace or temple behind the stage, behind orchestra. Parados: entrance of the chorus (when 12-15 people come on stage) sides of the theatre. Epeisodio(cid:374): s(cid:272)e(cid:374)e (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)te(cid:396)s a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ho(cid:396)us talk (cid:894)(cid:272)ho(cid:396)us sees (cid:449)hat (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)te(cid:396) does(cid:374)"t(cid:895) Stasimon: choral ode that the chorus sings while dancing. Exodos: departure of the chorus at the conclusion. Tragedy: serious plays based on greek myth; (tragos = goat + oidos = song; goat song/goatode) Comedy: funny plays not based on greek myth, 11 plays survived. Satyr plays: funny plays based on greek myth, 1 complete satyr survived.