TAR 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Peace Movement, Anti-Communism, Kathakali

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Theatre Arts
• Course: TAR 103
• Professor: David Yarnelle

Document Summary

As we continue shaping our definition of theatre we continue to ask the question: what is. To explore the power of theatre as we continue to shape our definition. To understand the complex relationship between the art of theatre and our society, our culture, our identities, and our selves. To read, view, study, and consider resources to continue the development of a definition of what is theatre. To articulate and share ideas and new understanding about the power of theatre with course colleagues. You can see the word mime or the suggestion of another word, mimic, in the root of the word itself. Mimesis is the imitation of human action. Human action are all of the experiences in the earthly collective. Mimesis is the human and psychological instinct we all have to emulate the behaviors of other human beings. Human behaviors are the subject of theatre"s mimesis. All of theatre"s drama, without exception, explores the experiences of human behaviors.