THEA 1440 (Art Humanities and Theater)
LATEST UPDATED EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE.
On the line
when dialogue reveals the action
Beneath the line
When dialogue conceals the action
Function of Stage directions
To tell us who's there by naming characters as they speak, enter, react, and exit.
imagination
the ability to create ideas or pictures in your mind
empathy
getting into the feeling or letting the feeling get into us
sympathy
We are with the character. We have taken sides.
antipathy
We are against the character, even though we sometimes deny it.
dramatic space
Brings characters interacting with same 3D environment at same time. Readers
approach space attentively. Creates setting and ongoing behavior.
4 Basic questions to begin analyzing a play
1. Where are we? (Setting)
2.What are the characters doing?(Occasion)
3.What's new? What's wrong? (Situation)
4. Who's there?(Character)
simultaneous behavior
, Each character has a sequence of events that occur at the same time.
Why study Dramatic Literature important to you as a student, professional,
storyteller, reader, and human?
Student: Knowing eras, periods, and styles
Professional: Bases for artistic choices
Storyteller: To hone skills of dramatic empathy
Reader: Offers us many version of what it feels like to be human.
Linear play structure
Story arranged chronologically.
Aristotle's Unity of Action: Action
Is an individual loop
Aristotle's Unity of Action: Event
A series of actions linked to one another
Plot
Basic order of events as the author arranges them.
Protagonist
Carrier of action
Antagonist
Opposer of action
Balance
A play is in a stasis until one action triggers a chain of events.
Exposition
Tells characters background and past events. What audience MUST know.
complication
Outside forces or new twists introduced at opportune moment.
central conflict
LATEST UPDATED EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE.
On the line
when dialogue reveals the action
Beneath the line
When dialogue conceals the action
Function of Stage directions
To tell us who's there by naming characters as they speak, enter, react, and exit.
imagination
the ability to create ideas or pictures in your mind
empathy
getting into the feeling or letting the feeling get into us
sympathy
We are with the character. We have taken sides.
antipathy
We are against the character, even though we sometimes deny it.
dramatic space
Brings characters interacting with same 3D environment at same time. Readers
approach space attentively. Creates setting and ongoing behavior.
4 Basic questions to begin analyzing a play
1. Where are we? (Setting)
2.What are the characters doing?(Occasion)
3.What's new? What's wrong? (Situation)
4. Who's there?(Character)
simultaneous behavior
, Each character has a sequence of events that occur at the same time.
Why study Dramatic Literature important to you as a student, professional,
storyteller, reader, and human?
Student: Knowing eras, periods, and styles
Professional: Bases for artistic choices
Storyteller: To hone skills of dramatic empathy
Reader: Offers us many version of what it feels like to be human.
Linear play structure
Story arranged chronologically.
Aristotle's Unity of Action: Action
Is an individual loop
Aristotle's Unity of Action: Event
A series of actions linked to one another
Plot
Basic order of events as the author arranges them.
Protagonist
Carrier of action
Antagonist
Opposer of action
Balance
A play is in a stasis until one action triggers a chain of events.
Exposition
Tells characters background and past events. What audience MUST know.
complication
Outside forces or new twists introduced at opportune moment.
central conflict
