1. Drama 2. What Is Drama?A drama is a story enacted onstage for a live audience. A prose or verse composition, especially one telling a serious story,that is intended for…
Slide 1The Literature of Antiquity Greek Drama: Oedipus Rex Slide 2 Learning Objectives Learn about the elements of Greek theatre. Explore Aristotles contribution to our…
Slide 1Sophocles & Greek Drama Slide 2 Types of Greek Drama The ancient Greeks took their entertainment very seriously and used drama as a way of investigating the world…
Slide 1 Ancient Greek Theatre Slide 2 Where is Greece? Slide 3 Why do we begin with Greece? Ancient Greece is the beginning of Western culture and civilization. (That eventually…
Slide 1 A look into the past… Slide 2 8.0 Students will understand context by analyzing the role of theatre in the past and the present. Slide 3 Objective 1: To…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Antigone -OR- And you thought your family had problems… Slide 3 Greek Drama/Tragedy Terms §Drama – written to be acted out for an audience §Chorus –…
Slide 1 Theater History Slide 2 Greek and Roman Theater “Drama…an imitation of action not the action itself.” -Aristotle Slide 3 The role of “drama” in the ancient…
Slide 1 Classical Drama Origins: Athens, Greece 6 th Century B.C. Slide 2 1. Greek drama grew out of what and honored who? Greek drama grew out of ancient religious rituals…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Sophocles Slide 3 Born 496 B.C. and died after 413 B.C. Wrote Antigone in 441 B.C. Lived near Athens--priest, state treasurer and committee advisor for the…
Slide 1 Greek Drama Background Notes Slide 2 Greek drama reflected the flaws and values of Greek society. In turn, members of society internalized both the positive and negative…