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Genres Tragedy Tragedy is considered by many to be the highest literary achievement Sobering Thought Based on human emotion Achieving catharsis Timeless Tragedy Focus of the protagonist Ultimately fails in his or her struggle to achieve a goal ID: 565149

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Chapter 6 NotesSlide2

Genres: Tragedy

Tragedy is considered by many to be the highest literary achievement

Sobering

Thought

Based on human emotion

Achieving catharsis

TimelessSlide3

Tragedy

Focus of the protagonist

Ultimately fails in his or her struggle to achieve a goal

Conflict- man v. man, man v. nature, man v. deity, man v. society, man v. self

Arousal of pathos-the emotional side of humans—achieving catharsisSlide4

Aristotle

Defines protagonist as “average or better person who is brought from happiness to misery”

Acquires sense of awareness—of truth or of self

Alienated from society because of action or lack of action

Happens because of

hamartia

-character weakness or error in judgment (flaw)Slide5

Most common form is hubris

Hubris=excessive pride, often the tragic flaw of the main character in a tragedy

Why is hubris so detrimental to a character?Slide6

5 Characteristics of Tragic Characters

Has a flaw, makes an error = serious consequences

No apologies for their actions

Set goals based on their beliefs

Know the adage “everything worth having is worth sacrifice”

Character makes the sacrifice rather than asking another person tooSlide7

Audience feels pity of character or experiences fear

Aristotle thought this connection with the audience came about in two ways:

Spectacle (least important)

Structure and incidents of the play—the plot

This is the preferred way to get the audience to connectSlide8

Recognition

Achieving inner awareness or insight to truth

After the death of a loved one

Or identifying a loved one after death

Reversal-the ironic twist of fate

Basic definition of tragedy-a play that end unhappily, usually with the death or demise of the protagonistSlide9

Comedy

A play that is lighthearted, includes clever dialogue, and characters in funny situations. They ultimately have a “happy ending”

Protagonist overcomes opposing forces or achieves desired goals or both

Built around character, situation, and dialogueSlide10

Comic Situations

Mistaken identities

Rash promises

Series of events where everything seems to go wrong

Examples:

The Importance of Being Earnest, The Twelfth NightSlide11

Getting the Laugh

Exaggeration-overstating

Incongruity-out of place, time, or character

Stock market reference in

Flapper!

Anticipation-looking forward to the laugh, usually because of dramatic irony or foreshadowing

Ambiguity-puns and interpretations-Amelia

Bedelia

Recognition-discovering the hidden meaning

Protection-Nothing bad really happens-the cartoon factor

Relief-pent up emotions are released by laughterSlide12

Types of Comedy

Low comedy-focuses on physical antics-slapstick comedy

Farce-improbable characters and implausible coincidences and events

Burlesque- physical comedy and exaggeration

Parody-mockery of a certain person or work (SNL skits)Slide13

High Comedy- intellectual humor

The Importance of Being Earnest

Comedy of Manner-mocks the upper class and their mannerisms

Satire-ridicules human folly, social views or individualsSlide14

Other types of drama

Fantasy-unreal characters, dreams, imaginary times and places—the land of make-believe

The Wizard of Oz

Romantic Comedy-the love affair of heroes and heroines, ups and downs of the relationship, but it always ends happily

Taming of the Shrew

Sentimental Comedy

-marked by emotional and presentation of material, lacks humor

Short-lived genreSlide15

Melodrama-originating in 19

th

century England, use of stock characters, implausible plots, trite storyline, virtue vs. villain based on structure of tragedy, presents clear-cut view of morality, good characters suffer, but unlike tragedy, they always triumph at the end

Play of Ideas-problem play or social drama-deals with social problem, racism, classism, sexism, etc. Questions wrong or right, philosophical. Solution is usually presentedSlide16

Psychological Drama-battles the complexities of the human psyche and personal relationships-

The Glass Menagerie

Whodunit-solving a crime-the courtroom drama

Allegory-teaches moral concepts through characters who personify abstract qualities—truth, justice, love, etc. Slide17

Presentational v. Representational

Representational theatre is what we will attempt to create on stage. We want the audience to believe that they are seeing life the way it is. Actors make the audience believe that they actually are leading “real lives” on stage.

Difficult because we have to work at the natural action and reaction process

Actors struggle with this once we know the play well because our actions are so choreographed.Slide18

Presentational: This is strictly for the wow factor. It can be very entertaining for audience members because they become involved in the production.

Actions are much larger (

Cats

, the

Lion King

) because the purpose is to present, not represent.