THTR 1020 Chapter : Theater 1020
Document Summary
Genre: a combination of dramatic structure and conventions that repeat, a system of classifications, it sets up expectations, where else do you use genre ?romance, comedy, horror. Has an economic/institutional purpose: organizes the way we consume media, help industry produce and market products (through. Subtypes: high comedy, upper class, comedy of manners, low comedy, slapstick, humor in the action, dark comedy, humor from the line of good taste, dr. strangelove, inglorious basterds, satire, holds up human vices and foibles to scorn. Poking fun at yourself or higher level (socially) Dear white people: tragicomedy, broader of tragic and comic. A melancholy element: tragedy, main character is brought to ruin. Usually through flaw, moral weakness, or lack of ability to cope. Called the tragic hero: hamlet, medea, drama, serious, but not tragic. Character undergoes sorrow, but is not completely ruined: status. Sometimes an umbrella item: american theater post 1920s tennessee williams, melodrama, music and drama (not musicals)
