SPD 130 -- Introduction to Theatre  --  Study Guide  --  Exam One
	Extended Learning Institute - On the WEB -- Trumbull


The Nature of Theatre
artistic self-awareness  
aesthetic distance       
empathy 
art as safe
didactic 
"agit-prop" 
theatron
verisimilitude  
mimesis
point-of-attack 
antecedent action
complication 
initiating incident
sub-plot 
peripetia (peripety/reversal)     rising action 
falling action
universality 
willing suspension of disbelief
Acting Areas

proscenium 
thrust 
arena 
environmental

deus ex machina

Aristotle's Poetics
Six parts of a play:
	Plot 
	Character 
	Thought 
	Diction
	Music  
	Spectacle 
Four parts of plot: 
	Exposition 
	Conflict 
	Climax  
	Resolution
Thespis
improvisation
Bowdlerize

Tragedy
catharsis
protagonist
antagonist
ground plan

hamartia
tragic hero
goat song
comedy , komos
satire
slapstick
farce 
melodrama 
improvisation
aside 
foil
hubris
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