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Details Title: Into to Theater Midterm Description: Roman,Greek,German,Elizabethan Total Flash Cards: 36 Created: 10/16/2007 14:59:09	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Mimesis   Definition imitation of an action Term Cothurnus   Definition elevated acting shoes Term Hamartia  Definition hero's fatal flaw Term Hubris Definition undue pride Term Anagnorisis Definition moment when hero realizes their fatal flaw Term Perpeteia Definition change in ones ways Term Didactic Definition teaching Term 5 Functions of Ritual Definition 1. Form of Knowledge 2. Didactic 3. Influence 4. Glorification 5. Entertain/Pleasure  Term 6 Aristotelian Elements of Drama Definition 1. Plot 2. Character 3. Thought 4. Diction 5. Music 6. Spectacle  Term The Unities Definition 1. Place (single place) 2. Time (less than 24 hours) 3. Action (single; no side stories)   Term Presentational Definition playing to the audience Term Representational Definition playing for the audience Term Willing Suspicion of Disbelief Definition *actors pretend audience is not there *audience forgives the limitations of the medium  Term 27 BC Definition Julius Caesar becomes emperor Term Mansion Definition Gothic church in which Medieval theater was performed in. Performed by clergy men Term Everyman Definition Heroic story into the depths of Hell *Contemporary adventure story from Medieval Time period  Term Definition Term Pope Innocent III Definition Bans theater in the church Term Characteristics of Elizabethan Theater Definition *Internal struggle of the human psyche (more complex than just good vs. evil) Term Dumb Show Definition brief plot summary Term V-Effekt Definition dont let the audience get too connected to the actors, alienate them. Term Methods of Alienation (4) Definition 1. Direct communication to the audience 2. Expose the stage 3. Ironic Counterpoint 4. Sinage - visual aids  Term Objective Definition view from outside Term Subjective Definition view from inside (usually distorted) Term The Canon Definition group which decided literary masterpieces Term Naumachia Definition Naval battles (roman theater) Term Venatoria Definition beast battles (roman theater) Term Feast of Fools Definition inversion of hierarchy (peasant becomes king for a day) Term Pageants Definition moving cart stages in Medieval theater Term Richard Burbage Definition one of shakespeares close friends, helped build The Globe Theater Term the pit Definition where the common people stood (Elizabethan) Term groundlings Definition name for the common people who stood in "the pit" Term Gesamtkunstwerk Definition Total work - spectacle, music, voice Term Scherzo Definition fragment of symphony played with humor Term 534 BC Definition first play, written by Thespis Term Definition