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Robert Edmund Jones
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A spontaneous 'light bulb' moment, show an experience rather than just tell (spontaneous inspiration)
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Joseph Campbell
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Mythologist/anthropologist; human capacity to imitate and fantasize, leads to the creation of myth and ritual
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Bharata
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Ancient India, Bhrama commanded 1st drama; Natya Sastra- canons of dance and drama, id's crucial components of Sanskrit drama
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Aristotle
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Thea evolved out of religious rituals(dithyrambs); Thespis intro'd dialogue
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Poetics
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Written by Aristotle; 1st known Western analysis of a body of dramatic lit, defines very nature of Western thea
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Mahabharata and Ramayana
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Basis for many plays in Sanskrit drama, 2 epic poems, religious and ethical works
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Athol Fugard
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Author of Master Harold
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David Henry Hwang
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Author of M. Butterfly
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Griot/griotte
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Male/female praise singers, storyteller and something more sacred, living memory of the ppl, still exist in Africa, comm story of the ppl
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Aeschylus
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1/3 giants of tragic drama, intro'd 2nd actor, red'd chorus to 12, invented trilogy, incr'd imp of dramatic part, devel'd satyr as 4th play in tril
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Sophocles
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2/3; intro'd 3rd actor and later 4th; inc'd chorus to 15; serenity; added subtlety+suppleness; quiet moments; plot/characterization; acts
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Euripedes
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3/3; inc'd # of chars/roles; drama can focus on indiv+on specific social Q's; devel'ing interest in abnormal psych; disconnect'd chorus frm m.act
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Homer
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Author of Iliad and Odyssey
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Suspension of disbelief
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Taking our tendency to disbelieve and suspending it, we choose for the duration of play to believe that these ppl are experiencing real life
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Aesthetic distance
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A part of us never forgets we're watching a show and taking in whatever messages are being conveyed
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