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Details Title: Kable's Drama Test Description: Test One Total Flash Cards: 43 Created: 09/21/2006 17:31:48	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 Autos sacramentales Definition dramatic literature peculiar to spain, but very similar to English morality plays Term “Dran” Definition greek for to act - from which we get 'Drama' Term Ampitheatre Definition stadium seating, place where they acted Term Apollo Definition sun god, usually associated with male characteristics Term Aristotole Poetics Definition first book of dramatic criticism Term Catharsis Definition emotional cleansing, feeling after tragedy is observed Term City Dionysia Definition huge theatrical festival in Athens to celebrate all that they had accomplished in the previous year. Term Parthenon Definition temple dedicated to Athena in greece Term Ephemera Definition things written and published with an intended lifetime that is very short (ex trading cards) comes from greek- meaning lasting no more than a day Term Dionysus Definition greek god of wine and theatre, plays and city dionysia were dedicated to him Term Dithyramb Definition songs to gods, first religious songs Term Epic poetry Definition hero, tragic flaw, long, ex. The illiad, The odyssey Term *Mimesis Definition means imitation in greek - has to do with an imitation of life Term Orchestra Definition place where actors acted Term Paradoi Definition the entrance for the audience - the plural of 'parados' - tall arches which came out of sides of the stage where the audience comes in Term Plato's republic Definition famous book written by plato - defines justice and points our the human tendency toward corruption and power. claims that ruling should be left to philosophers. Term Polis Definition a greek city state Term Polytheism Definition worshiping multiple gods Term Skene Definition raised stage where the chorus stood - the 'back wall' Term Sophists Definition see notes (realists, skeptics) Term Theatre of Dionysus Definition the first stone theatre ever built - dedicated to dionysus, the god of wine. could seat 17,000-which made it ideal for the city dionysia Term Theatron Definition raised hillside where audience sat Term Thespis Definition first actor Term Tragedy Definition duncan, if you dont know this one then your just destined to fail (falling from a higher estate to a lower one) Term Zeus Definition king of gods, duh Term Hubris Definition excessive pride, usually the downfall of someone high up in a play Term Hammartia Definition bad luck, means that its not necessarily a tragic flaw that brings someone down, just could be that things don’t work out Term Tragic flaw Definition a characteristic (vanity, pride, etc) that brings about a tragic heros destruction Term Tragic hero Definition hero of story with a tragic flaw, is in a position of power and falls from it Term Komoidia Definition “song of revelers" - greek comedy Term Satyr play Definition short plays that made fun of mythological stories Term Normative comedy Definition reinforces society and accepts social norms - doesn't mock anyone - opposite of anarchic comedy Term Akropolis Definition high city - a city on a hill so it is easy to defend. the most famous akropolis is the one in athens Term Parthenon Definition temple of athena. named after Athena's epithet - parthenos which refers to her virginity- also where the chicks in lysistrata hid. Term Thucydides Definition first historian, wrote history of Peloponnesian war Term Anarchic comedy Definition rejects and criticizes society and its norms - satire - lysistrata Term Dramaturgy Definition the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition - writing style Term Empathy Definition the intellectual identification with the feelings of another person - putting yourself in someone elses shoes Term The Globe Definition shakespeares theatre Term Dramatic Convention Definition an accepted dramatic trait of the time - i.e an aside Term Old Comedy Definition Greek comedy from 5th century - farcical, attacked religious and political themes. Assoc. with Aristophanes who wrote lysistrata. Term Calderon Definition wrote life is a dream Term Sophocles Definition wrote antigone