THE 1041 Lecture Notes - Negro Ensemble Company, Sonia Sanchez, Maya Angelou
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Comedy- an imitation of characters of a lower type (w some defect or ugliness that isn"t painful) High comedy; comedy of manners- mistaken identities, false assumptions, satire. Low comedy; farce- escalating plot complications, broad characters, physical gags. Black comedy- blend elements of comedy and tragedy. Tragedy- focuses on earth shattering actions by an important person. Decorum: all dramatic characters should behave appropriate to sex, rank, and circumstance. Verisimilitude: drama to appear true to life ; time, place, and action unified. Realism- based on the fourth wall in which actors never acknowledge the presence of audience. Actors reflect behavior and situation you can relate to directly. Acting, costumes and sets attempt to place you in an observable reality. Naturalism- a branch of realism, realism to the extremes, influenced by philosophy/social theories exerting an influence over personal destiny/identity. Black arts movement- 1960"s, aesthetic and spiritual sister if black power, radical aesthetics, Playwrights- amiri baraka, douglas turner ward, negro ensemble company.
