PPT-Coursework: Dramatic Genres - Comedy

This unit focuses on dramatic comedy Today theories of laughter comedy andor the comic is identifiable because it excites laughter However just as there are different types of comedy there are many different types of and reasons for laughter We will consider some of the major explanationsexplorations of laughter today. comcoynessandcrimeinrestorat ioncomedyfreedownload Comedy and Satire. AP English IV. Mrs. Oualline. What is Comedy?. What Is Comedy?. Comedy is based on IRONY.. Awareness of irony is INTELLECTUAL, not EMOTIONAL.. Comedy lifts us out of our emotional responses.. Pre-Reading Study Guide. By . PresenterMedia.com. Who was Dante Alighieri?. Dante, of course, is the author of . The Divine Comedy. . He was born a Roman Catholic in Florence in 1265 C.E. . He died of malaria in Ravenna, Italy, in 1321 (the night of Sept. 13-14). . An Inspector calls. 'WHAT DRAMATIC EFFECTS DOES PRIESTLY USE?'. Dramatic effects are things, which happen on stage & which grab our/the audience's attention. So, things you might be looking at could include: lighting/music/staging/costumes etc. . Film Study. Action films usually include high energy, big-budget physical stunts and chases, possibly with rescues, battles, fights, escapes, destructive crises (floods, explosions, natural disasters, fires, etc.), non-stop motion, spectacular rhythm and pacing, and adventurous, often two-dimensional 'good-guy' heroes (or recently, heroines) battling 'bad guys' - all designed for pure audience escapism.. Objective 1: Key Terms and Vocabulary. Objectives. By the time you finish taking notes on this presentation, you should . understand the definitions of the following terms . and be able to . identify examples of each. Questions of gennre - Folio edition, 1623. Mixture of comic and tragic . elements. ‘comic relief’ in tragedies . t. he gravedigger . in Hamlet, . the . Fool in . King Lear. , . Falstaff . in . Henry IV. . Tex FLEC 2011 University of Texas, Austin.. . Presenter: Professor . Ranamukalage. . Chandrasoma. . Dept. of English, Universidad . Catolica. del Norte, Chile. . rchandrasoma@ucn.cl. Introduction. Week 3: Genre/ Television Formats. “It is a form of classification” (O’Donnell, 2013: 89)..  . Who uses generic categories?. Audiences, scholars, broadcasting . organisations. (e.g. to define ‘brands’ and channels), schedulers, critics.. Aristotle defined comedy as one of two main forms of drama—comedy and tragedy. Most contemporary views see comedy as a form of humorous text. Why are we amused?. Relief theory. Reducing physiological tension caused by the self-censoring of the baser instincts (Freud). ?. By ‘dramatic features’ the SQA mean;. Plot/plot twists. T. hemes . and issues. D. ramatic . tension. Conflict. D. ramatic . irony. C. haracter . motivation/behaviour/. development. Setting/Period. By Robert Cohen. Chapter 2 . Definition. A play is, essentially, what happens in theatre. It is not a thing but an event.. The play is the theatre’s . dran. (something done).. A play, unlike a drama, is ACTION, not words in a book.. &. Chamber Theater. @. jhazenesporlas. Traditional Interpretation. Cenaculo. - The theatrical presentation of passion of the Christ.. Moro-. moro. /. comedia. - relates to Christian and Muslim conflict.. L Line. L. Computer Games. Part. 1. Lecture #2 Genres of Comp. Games. 2. Objectives. Identify the qualities that set action games apart from other genres. Recognize the distinct subgenres of action games and their particular features.