PPT-Greek and Roman Comedy and Tragedy

Classical Theater Beginnings Early on two genres evolved tragedy and comedy It was the Greeks who in the late 6th century BC invented Western drama From Festival Origins Performances were vivid affairs religious and civic occasions and the entire community came to watch Part of ones civic duty. From . 5th . century . BCE. . Birdland. Definition. Aristotle describes the genre of comedy in . The Poetics.. Comedy represents men as worse than they are in real life, whereas tragedy shows them better.. Advanced Theatre. Background to the Theatre. Roman History. . Rome – in 753 B.C. was a town dominated by Etruria, North of Rome. In 509 B.C., the Etruscan (from Etruria) ruler was expelled, and Rome became a republic (just as Athens became a democracy).. Phaedra. , or. . .. “The Explosion. of Evil”. “The content of Roman tragedy is not ‘tragic.’ ”. Brill’s. on Roman Tragedy. Agenda. Is It Tragedy?. Is It Relatable?. City and Empire. Varieties of Drama. Plays fall into types of categories . Tragedy and comedy are the two chief divisions of drama; all plays may be arbitrarily be placed within the definitions of tragedy and comedy.. Drama: . A story enacted in real space & time by live actors for a live audience (i.e. plays).. Comedy vs tragedy. Comedy=a play that ends happily, . usually. involving boy meets girl, loses her, and then gets her back.. The Stage and the School. Chapter 6. Dr. Neighbours. 2 Recognized varieties of drama:. Tragedy. Generally end in catastrophes. Often have a death at the end. Comedy. Usually lighthearted. Clever dialogue and amusing characters. Unit: Greek Theatre History. Questions Asked. Why are there only two types of Greek plays?. What was the most famous Greek play. ?. What was the last known play?. What was more popular, comedies or tragedies?. 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. What makes a culture unique?. Terms. myth . a traditional story that explains a culture’s beliefs or part of the natural world . ritual . words or actions that are part of a religious ceremony. oracle . arouses . pity and fear in the audience so that we may be purged of unsettling . emotions…. This emotional release can be pleasurable and exhilarating, not depressing. This emotional release is known as . 14. th. March 2012. The most precisely identifiable device [of stage illusion] appears when the old shepherd says to the young shepherd, ‘thou . met’st. with things dying, I with things new born,’ which is not only a species of role reversal but a quotation from . ‘Laughter must answer to certain requirements of life in common. It must have a . social . signification.’ (p12). The ‘birth of Latin literature’. In 240BCE, . Livius. Andronicus . stages one of his plays as part of the . ‘Laughter must answer to certain requirements of life in common. It must have a . social . signification.’ (p12). The ‘birth of Latin literature’. In 240BCE, . Livius. Andronicus . stages one of his plays as part of the . Drama does not rely on narration, however, presents you with speech and action.. Drama, like prose fiction, utilizes plot and characters, develops a theme, arouses emotion or appeals to humor, and may be escapist or interpretive in its dealings with life. Like poetry, it may draw upon all the resources of language, including verse .