Key
Words:
Seven Cs
Control
Concentration Convention
Consistency Commitment
Consideration
Co-operation
Notes for follow up:
ARISTOPHANES-satirical,
political comedy
MENANDER- Situation comedy with fixed character types
ROMAN COMEDY (Plautus & Terence)-developed Menandrine
comedy and made it much more domestic
COMMEDIA DEL' ARTE-'improvised' sequence of comedy sketches
based on a catalogue of recognisable character types (and masks)
STOCK CHARACTERS - A range of exaggerated character types
still used in sit.com.s today.
ANAGNORISIS- the
moment of realisation/
"awakening"
CATHARSIS- the
feeling of both fear and pity evoked in the audience by a good tragedy; according
to AristotleCLIMAX- the
high point of tension
TRAGEDY-
word comes from Gk. 'tragos' -a goat. The goat was sacrificed to the god Dionysus
whilst the story was sung - a goat song.
COMEDY-
word comes from Gk. 'komos' - a wild celebratory revel, dance, song, story, booze-up
to Dionysus.
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STOCK
CHARACTERS: (Stereotypes)
- Senex Iratus: Grumpy Old Man
- Miles Gloriosus: Braggart Soldier
- 'Shrewish' Wife
- Clever, witty, laddish 'servant'
- Clumsy, foolish, sometimes smelly servant
- innocent young female
- more knowing, manipulative young female
Transformation
Devising/Scripting/
Making Drama
- exposition
- denouement
- plot
- structure
- character
-climax
-catastrophe
-deus ex machina
-"the willing suspension
of disbelief" (Coleridge)
Masks
-clocking
Staging
signals - proximity of actors to the audience and each
other (cf. John Webster)
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