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Details Title: T D 301: Exam 2 Description: Flashcards for second exam Total Flash Cards: 30 Created: 11/06/2006 00:49:06	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 Performance Studies Definition "All the World's a Stage." Everyone is performing in life. Term Hot-Seating Definition Pulling a character out of a scene so that the audience can address them and ask questions. Term Role-Playing Definition Devices include feedback and hotseat. Term Qwalli Definition Musical vehicle for ecstasy. Term Fana Definition Similar to nirvana state of mind. Term Sufism Definition Love of the universe. Includes spinning. Term Cycle Plays Definition -Late Medieval Era (1300-1600) -Shifts from feudal lords to Kings and guilds -Rise of guilds to protect merchants and trade workers -Rise of University and Secular learning -Feast of Corpus Christi Term Corpus Christi Definition -"Body of Christ" -Emphasizes union of human and divine as mystery which gives meaning to life. -Makes church more relevant and accessible Term Guilds Definition Unions the protected trade workers and merchants. Term Mansion Definition Basic structure of medieval theatre, however many were needed to indicate locale were used, placed on platforms or wagons. Term Platea Definition Stage space in front of the mansions. Term Hell Mouth Definition Special effect used to attempt to scare the audience by dramatizing an actively grasping description of Hell. Term Cardinal Richelieu Definition 1625 Prime Minister, made French cultural center of Europe, adopted neoclassical ideals. Term Neoclassicists Definition Recognized tragedy (about kings and nobles) and comedy (about middle and lower classes), never mixing them. Believe drama was to teach and please. Plays should be in 5 acts. Term Three unities Definition -Time (all action occurs within 24 hours) -Place (all action occurs in the same place) -Action (only one plot) -Should uphold poetic justice. Term Verisimilitude Definition Appearing to be true or real. Term Decorum Definition An etiquitte of appropriate styles of vocabulary and diction. Term Le Cid Controversy Definition -Failed to adhere to neoclassical rules -Play ended happily Term Moliere - The Man Definition -Jean Baptiste Poquelin -Middle Class -Theatre Illustre -Court theatre Term Moliere - The Plays Definition • Character Comedies • Middle Class Subjects • Influence of Commedia • Example: Tartuffe Term Noeclassical Staging Conventions Definition Proscenium stage and perspective scenery. Term A Doll's House Definition -Ibsen -Alienated from family and society -Considered home and children blackmail -Women as property -Box set for realism Term Darwin Definition -The Origin of Species -Progress and change -Environment and Heredity Term Freud Definition • -The Unconscious mind (Id vs. Superego) • -Motives not always known • Photography Term Truth Definition What we can observe with the 5 senses. Term Gaslight Definition Light used for realism Term Subtext Definition Don't always say/know what they mean. Term •Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Definition • -Crowd scenes • -Attention to Detail • -Historical Accuracy • -Realistic, not “realist” Term Stanislavski Definition -"The System" -Directing Chekov Term Naturalism Definition -Extreme Realism