TDR 3560- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 33 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Writing poetics in greece around 335 bc, which was after the golden era of. He is writing during a lot of wars in which everyone is tragically dying in, so he writes poetics to remember the fantastic old theatre festivals. He was a student to plato and tutored alexander the great. To understand why things are the way they are. Until thespis, who introduced one actor separate from the chorus. Aeschylus introduced two actors in a scene together separate from the chorus. To include romantic comedy, slapstick, and more. Straight narrative- one person telling a story. Examples: one-man shows, monologue shows like the amish project. Straight dramatic- characters only talk to each other. Examples: three sisters, the humans, west side story. Aristotle thinks this is the strongest mode and likes it best. Examples: most fairytales, folktales, musicals, our town. Major genre, in which there is no lasting pain. Stories center on inferior people with small flaws.
