important innovation for the society
now it is very important the individual personality
attenta manca il soggetto
Renaissance actually means REBIRTH
in 1660 everything was restored and the atmosphere of the scene was better especially for the fact that even women were introduced in the theatre
after this period we have uncertaintly.The order of the universe is broken and consequently in the scene we have disillusionment and cynicisms
ELIZABETHAN TRAGEDIES ARE OFTEN POLITICAL MESSAGES FOR THE AUDIENCE
in this time, the themes of the tragedies revolve around the basic dualism order/disorder
now, the english authors don't follow anymore the classic tradition because
they don't follow anymore the Aristotle's Poetics. They mix tragic and comic elements.
Seneca's features are : Revenge theme, bloody scenes, use of ghosts and division of the play into five acts
the most used model in the theatre is SENECA
the theatre takes inspiration from the medieval and classical genres
it takes from the medieval the moralities and the interludes
it takes from the classical the elegance because the authors follow the Greek and Latin culture
the tragic HERO is
a person from a privileged social position
a pesrson of high moral qualites
the hero accepts his inevitable consequences with courage
the tragedy follows a structure of five acts :
introduction
development
crisis
decline
final outcome with catastrophe
we don't have the narration, because we only have characters that speak and consequently we have the catharsis that is the purification from all the emotions
IS AN IMITATION OF A SERIOUS ACTION
TRAGEDY
features of the drama theatre : we have the masque that is a representation with the help of music, danse and song. Then we have the interlude that is a drammatic enternaiment
the important thing now is that this type of theatre is for EVERYONE
it was a theatre for the middle class
the classical theatre was a difficult theatre to understand
RENAISSANCE DRAMA
supernatural world with God
earthly world with the king
the world is ruled by a sense of order, everything is in HARMONY
MICROCOSM
Sottoargomento
MACROCOSM
this man is known for his book UTOPIA that talks about a perfect Island where happiness reigns
THOMAS MORE
one of the greatest humanists is
man is at the centre of everything
THE OTHER
OTHERNESS
NATURE AND SUPERNATURAL
UNIVERSE
POWER AND SOCIETY
1) Henry Tudor also called Henry VII. 2) Henry VIII : division of the Church of England from the Church of Rome 3) Elizabeth I
introduced by William Caxton
THE PRINTING PRESS
TUDOR DYNASTY
two important events that happend in this period and really changed it, are :
so now the human body is at the centre of the universe
we have the passage from the Roman Church to the Reformation of Luther and Calvin
the artists get inspiration from the classical style and from Greek and Latin culture
we have new methods of research and a new view of the universe
it is based on axiomatic truths.
INDIVIDUALISM
THE RENAISSANCE SARA RICCIARDI
ottimo lavoro. finita la parte sul teatro è pronto per esposizione
the most important thing of this time is the
this time is also called AGE OF SHAKESPEARE; it is the golden age of literature because it is a time of ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, PEACE AND STABILTY
we have changes in:
RELIGION
ART AND ARCHITECTURE
SCIENCE
PHILOSOPHY
it can be divided in three different periods
1485-1558 : the beginning of the Renaissance
1558-1603 : the flowering of the Renaissance also known as the ELIZABETHAN ERA
1603-1625 : the decline of the Renaissance also called JACOBEAN AGE
