PPT-Shakespeare and Comedy

Bevington etal Shakespeare Script Stage Screen Definition While there is general agreement about what constitutes a tragedy scholars and theorists have reached little accord on comedy. Greetings from me, The Bard, England’s greatest poet and storyteller. You thought I was just the greatest writer? I am also the rudest man in England!. LEARNING OBJECTIVES. By the end of this lesson: . Widely regarded as the greatest writer in English Literature. Shakespeare: The Bio.  Lived 1563-1616. Lived in Stratford-on-Avon, England. Wrote 37 plays. About 154 sonnets. Started out as an actor. Romeo & Juliet. Ms. Forsyth and Mr. Bernstein. Honors English 9. Bear Creek High School. This presentation will…. inform you about the life and work of the mysterious William Shakespeare.. provide you details about Elizabethan society and theater.. Bevington. , Welsh and Greenwald. SHAKESPEARE script, stage, screen. Chapter 4. The spectrum of interpretive possibilities. Reviewers, critics, directors, and actors all bring their own backgrounds, prejudices and personal experiences. story. 1564 - 1616. Who was Shakespeare?. William Shakespeare was a poet, actor and playwright.. One of the world’s greatest playwrights of all time.. Writing in England during the late 1500’s and early 1600’s during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. . Queen Elizabeth I - born September 7, 1533 in . Greenwich. Died March 24, 1603 in Richmond, Surrey. Daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn . (. beheaded by Henry for not bearing a son). Coronated. xlix-lii. THE TEXTS OF SHAKESPEARE. So far as we know, only a few pages of a play in Shakespeare’s hand exists, a fragment from a play called . Sir Thomas More. We do have printed texts that have survived as either quartos or folios. Everything you NEED to know to read his plays. Three Basic Types of Shakespearean Plays. Tragedy. Comedy. History. Tragedy. Shakespearean Tragedy is the classification of drama written by William Shakespeare which has a noble protagonist, who is flawed in some way, placed in a stressful heightened situation and ends with a fatal conclusion. . English 12. William Shakespeare. The most influential writer in all of English literature.. Born on April 23, 1564 (?) in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. The exact date of his birth is unknown. He was baptized on April 26, 1564.. 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). All genres include comedic elements. Some argue that any story where the low-born or put-upon rise to a higher station and a better end is a comedy. Comedy is not content-specific. May have to do with just about anything. Measure for Measure. ?. EN301: Shakespeare and Selected Dramatists of his Time. Festive comedy. In his essay ‘The Argument of Comedy’ (1949), Northrop Frye identified “a . social as well as an individual . 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). UNIT BACKGROUND Historical and Cultural Background Reemergence of Classical Learning and Striving for a National Language A concentrated wave of intellectual and creative energy swept through Italy a