21ST 2 SEM

• theater critique A paper that contains a formal written discussion of a performance of a play is called
• Literary criticism is the disciplined application of the theoretical principles for the purpose of analyzing, interpreting and evaluating literary texts.
• LITERARY CRITICISMThe evaluation of literary worksThe study discussion and interpretation of literatureIt asks what literature is, what it does, and what it is worth.
• • helps us to understand what is important about the text.• Its author• Its structure• Its context: social, economic, historicalwhat is writtenHow the text influences the reader
• DIFFERENT PARADIGMS• Formalism• ExistentialismMarxism• Reader responseFeminism• Romanticism• PsychoanalyticStructuralism
• 1-The world2. The Author Beyond the world - Real World -3. The Text - other text 4. The Reader -the reader response example feminist,minority,marxist
• • what does literary work mean?-each lens has its advantage and disadvantage, strengths and weaknesses-different approaches or lenses help us to follow and discover a rich and deeper meaning-each lens is valuable and is unique in Its particular way-try to become a pluralist rather than an inflexible support.
• • formalismEmphasizes the work as an independent creation, Something to be studied in itself.-focus on the FORM of the work, the rela- tionships between the parts.→ it is intrinsic critism, rather than extrinsic criticism. It concentrates on the work itself, independent of its writer and the writer's background→ takes one of two terms, explication; or analysis→ begins with the personal response to the literary work.
• • Marxismbased on the doctrines of Karl Max and Friedrich EnglesIt teaches the theory of value based on labor.→ the ultimate dream is to have a class less society (no poor, no rich)→ understanding that the works of the people is based on the society.
• feminismchampion the identity of woman, demand the rights for women and promotes women's writings.→Truth is relative, highly dependent on arbitrary Categories of difference, ------ esp. those based on "sex" and "Gender"-both sex are equal→ trying to break the stigma
• PERFORMANCE ELEMENTS( drama starts where logic ends)→ expression of emotions and feelings→ indude acting (character motivation and analysis), speaking (breath control, speaking style, and diction), and non-verbal expressions (gestures, character blocking, and movement)
• ActingGenerally agreed to be a matter less of mimicry, exhibitionism, or imitation that of the ability to react to imaginary stimuli
• The essential problems in acting those of whether the actor actually "feels" or merely imitates, of whether he should speak naturally or rhetorically, and of what actually constitutes being natural are as old as theatre itself.
• DancingThere has been a rough division between dramatic dance, which expresses emotion, character, and narrative action, and purely formal dance, which stresses the lines and patterns.
• TYPES and GENRE Of dancingHip-hopVogueBalletDrag PerformanceK-popWaacking
• Hip-hop(originated in People of Color (black people)) ↳ is a style of street dance form that evolved from hip-hop culture and hip-hop music. It borrows elements from a number of different styles like african dance, tap and ballet.
• Vogue→ there is a dangerous myth that queer life did not exist in a public way until the 1960's the assumption being that LGBTQ identified people were "closeted in isolation and invisibility. Harlem was the birthplace of "vogue" a highly stylized form of dance credited by black and latino LGBTQ communities. Voguing The Harlem Renaissance (1920-1935) was particularly influential to this process. The intellectual, Cultural and artistic movement took the neighborhood by storm, bringing with it a flurry of literature, art and music that centered black life.
• Voguing 2 types:Old way(lines, angles, shapes, poses)New way (cat walk, spin, dips, floor performance)
• Drag PerformanceDrag has deep roots in western culture, specifically in theatre when women weren't permitted to perform on stage so men would play female roles Drag performers were featured as far back as ancient Greece and carried on through Shakespearean times.
• • Waacking (whacking)more on hands→ found its start in the 1970s gayclubs of Los Angeles where high-energyfunk disco music dominated the air wavesthe moves were influenced by the glamour and drama.