Study Guide - Main Topics on Introduction to West Theatre Drama | THAR 101, Study notes of Theatre

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THAR 101 REVIEW GUIDE—Exam 1 Exam 1:

• will include 50 objective items (multiple-guess, matching, T/F, quotes--ID speaker, etc.)
• will be based 70% on textbook/lectures; 30% on plays -will expect you to identify theories, concepts, movements, individuals discussed in lectures/textbook -will expect you to be familiar with the plot, major characters and general themes of each play -will expect you to identify the playwright, style and genre of each play People, places, concepts, terms, titles, etc., with which you should be familiar (for exam 1):

aesthetic distance artistic triangle catharsis comedy 8 characteristi cs common ground/ uncommon culture conventions dramatic action dramatic impulse empathy fine arts form -- narrative/dramatic genre imitative instinct masks motivational forces (4) ritual plot play structure climatic, episodic, cyclic qualitative elements (6) storyteller style successful art 6 characteristi cs theatrical impulse tragedy

characteristi cs vicarious experience Aristotle Alexander Dean John Dolman, Jr. Gustav Frietag Sigmund Freud Athol Fugard Northrup Frye Marian Gallaway Suzanne Langer Herbert S. Langfield “MASTER HAROLD”... and the boys The Importance of Being Earnest The Poetics