1. Back to the Future
2. David Loman
was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often
referred to as "the father of realism" and is one of the founders of Modernism in theatre.
His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean,
A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, and The Master Builder.
4. Aristotle’s Poetics
-> “Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete and of a
certain magnitude…”“through pity and fear effecting the proper
purgation (catharsis)of these emotions”
-> imitaion
-> tragic flaw (Hamartia)
a mistake or error in judgment
-> tragic hero
-> catharsis
is the purification and purgation of emotions—especially pity and fear—through art or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration.
5. epic -> bard (吟唱詩人) -> lyre
6. “hypo-”means under, below, down, low
hypothesis -> a suggested explanation for a group of facts or phenomena, either accepted as a basis for further verification (working hypothesis) or accepted as likely to be true
hypotension -> abnormally low blood pressure
“ hyper- ”means above, excessive, too much
hyperbole -> a deliberate exaggeration used for effect
hypertension -> abnormally high blood pressure
hypercritical -> excessively or severely critical; carping; captious
“prin”“prim”means the first
principle -> a moral rule or belief that helps you know what is right and wrong and that influences your actions; a basic truth or theory; a law or fact of nature that explains how something works or why something happens
principal -> the person in charge of a public school
primary -> fundamental; basic
primitive -> of or belonging to the first or beginning; original
“pre-”means happening before; located in front of
predict -> to state or make a declaration about in advance, esp. on a reasoned basis; foretell
precede -> to go or be before (someone or something) in time, place, rank, etc
preface -> A preface is an introduction at the beginning of a book, which explains what the book is about or why it was written
Prometheus Unbound is a four-act lyrical drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley first published
in 1820. It is concerned with the torments of the Greek mythological figure Prometheus,
who defies the gods and gives fire to humanity, for which he is subjected to eternal
punishment and suffering at the hands of Zeus.
8. closet drama
A closet drama is a play that is not intended to be performed onstage, but read by
a solitary reader or, sometimes, out loud in a small group. A related form, the
"closet screenplay," developed during the 20th century.
9. 三一律 ( Greek Tragedy )
unity of place
unity of plot
unity of time
10. graduate 畢業生
graduate student 研究生
undergraduate 大學生
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