21L.005 Introduction to Drama, Fall 2008
Drama might be described as a game played with something sacred. It tells stories that go right to the heart of what people believe about themselves. And it is enacted in the moment, which means it has an added layer of interpretive mystery and playfulness, or "theatricality." This course...
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| description | Drama might be described as a game played with something sacred. It tells stories that go right to the heart of what people believe about themselves. And it is enacted in the moment, which means it has an added layer of interpretive mystery and playfulness, or "theatricality." This course will explore theater and theatricality across periods and cultures, through intensive engagement with texts and with our own readings. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1057652025-02-21T15:47:48Z 21L.005 Introduction to Drama, Fall 2008 Introduction to Drama Fleche, Anne Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Literature Section Drama literary arts storytelling poetry live performance ritual entertainment communities social norms audiences plays dramatic structure performing arts writing discussion writer speaker cultures tools fiction ethical historical political artistic questions creativity self-awareness communicate theater outdoor public theatres scaena frons many theatre artists violence onstage neoclassical theatre neoclassical rules medieval theatre environmental theatre departures from realism significant playwrights first permanent theatre theatre history theatre architecture selective realism neoclassical ideals autos sacramentales formal theatre tiring house realistic theatre scene design staging practices female playwrights crisis drama symbolist drama dramatic rules theatrical semiosis theatrical competence deictic orientation proxemic relations theatre semiotics theatrical communication dramatic information dramatic discourse theatrical sign theatrical discourse theatrical frame dramatic world dramatic text perlocutionary effect theatrical text performance text Drama might be described as a game played with something sacred. It tells stories that go right to the heart of what people believe about themselves. And it is enacted in the moment, which means it has an added layer of interpretive mystery and playfulness, or "theatricality." This course will explore theater and theatricality across periods and cultures, through intensive engagement with texts and with our own readings. 2008-12 Learning Object 21L.005-Fall2008 local: 21L.005 local: IMSCP-MD5-bbb1b964c20cde835e9cae04781ac0c5 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105765 en-US Usage Restrictions: This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2016. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license") unless otherwise noted. The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other than as authorized under this license is prohibited. By exercising any of the rights to the Work provided here, You (as defined below) accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license. The Licensor, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grants You the rights contained here in consideration of Your acceptance of such terms and conditions. Usage Restrictions: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ text/html Fall 2008 |
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