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the structure of events through which action is imitated/represented personof the drama or moral bent of the person proof and refutation of moral choice conveyance of thought through language
Character:
Thought:
Verbal Expression:
drama/theatre evolve from dithyramb, (ritual choruses performed in praise of Dionysos prior to 6th C. BCE ) theatre began when some participants stepped out of chorus and became spectators of the ritual the first actor, Thespis, stepped out from chorus to perform individual role in dialogue with it ritual action gradually evolved into theatrical imitation of action purpose = more aesthetic than religious
Modern Dev. of Theory of Ritual Origin: The Cambridge School of Anthropology (late 19th C.)
The Cambridge Thesis primal ritual -> various religious rites -> dramatic genres certain Greek tragedies follow form of the primal ritual
rise of Aesthetics as independent branch of philosophy (began Germany, late 18th C.)
What makes a work of art a work of art and not something else?
theatre has the unique capacity to combine all of the arts in a single work Richard Wagner: the Gesamtkunstwerk
Performance Studies
Theoretical Foundations: dramatism or dramaturgism
Kenneth Burke, A Rhetoric of Motives
analysis of human motives and actions in dramatic terms
role theory
Erving Goffman, Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
theatrical analysis of social interaction re: roles performed
To what activities may the basic principles of the performance genres not be applied? Is life inherently theatrical or performative, OR are performances specialized activites det apart from life?
All the world is not a stage, but the ways in which it isnt are not always easy to specify. (Goffman)