The Text: Subject, Purpose and Perspective
I. PLAYWRIGHT vs. PERFORMERS
A. Commedia dell'arte
B. Improvisation
C. Performance Art
II SUBJECT
A. Human Beings
1. What aspect?
a. History
b. Biography
c. Personal Crisis
d. Imaginary event or fantasy
III FOCUS AND EMPHASIS
A. Character
B. Plot
IV. PURPOSE
A. Religious teaching
B. Pageant
C. Politcal statement
V. VIEWPOINT
A. What is the Point of View?
1. Audience
B. The Dramatist's Point of View
C. Society's Point of View
D. Viewpoint and Genre
1. Viewpoint as a collaborative effort
2. A cautionary word about genre
IDENTIFY OR DEFINE
1. Text or script
2. Commedia dell'arte
3. Subject
4. Focus
5. Emphasis
6. Purpose
7. Point of view
8. Dramatist's point of view
9. Society's point of view
10. Genre