theatre background knowledge/experience
why you are taking this class, expectations
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The study of Dramatic Literature (the great plays of the past and present) and the study of Theatre (the craft of presenting the living, breathing theatrical event) are two separate but interconnected areas:
Dramatic Literature focuses on the history of theatre, its conventions, types and settings through a concentrated survey of world drama. Training the ears to hear, the eyes to see, the mind to discriminate and the imagination to reach out develop insight into both drama and life. Students are encouraged to ask productive questions of a dramatic text and examine drama's relevance to all our lives. [ explain : word-by-word ]
THR215 DramLit
THR215 DramLit
Inner Conflict (next time)
* from Preface to Drama: An Introduction to Dramatic Literature and Theater Art
Book by Charles W. Cooper; Ronald Press, 1955 (Notes)
... Oedipus Rex is notable for its use of dramatic irony: everybody in the audience knows from the start that Oedipus himself is the guilty party he seeks out for punishment. The viewers' enjoyment comes as they see and hear the facts accumulate, bit by bit, until it suddenly dawns on Oedipus that he is his father's murderer. The irony is heightened by blind Teiresias' many taunting and the chorus' musical references to "seeing the light" Oedipus, though his physical eyes can see, is blind to the truth; and when he finally does come to see the truth, ironically, he blinds himself. [ theory : tragedy ]
... "Hamlet reads Oedipus" [ "stage on stage" scene ]
Woman's Fate : Jocasta -- Ophelia & Gertrude -- Ms. Julie, Nora, 3 Sisters...
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