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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

1/10/2006 08:23:00 PM - Touching the surface....

In the first two weeks of lectures, I was introduced to the historical overview of drama. I would have to say that what I learnt was really an eye opener. It seems that Greek writers such as Aristotle has greatly influenced generations of playwrights after him including the Roman theatre which interestingly evolved into brutal and gory games. And the fact that the church tried to stop the growth of drama was interesting to me. Perhaps indeed theatre at one time was promoting immorality in the society. What do you think? Is that possible?Did theatre really had such a great impact on its audience? You decide. To sum it all, theatre has undergone changes through time. Playwrights like Sophocles and Shakespeare came and wen­t, leaving us with their masterpieces. Although the facts may sound interesting, yet the truth is I dreaded reading through it. Remembering facts is certainly not my cup of tea, so the historical overview of drama and also theatre is no exception. But then again, if I do not at least store some of it, I would be dead if Dr. Edwin decides to question about it for the 1st test. Hopefully, as the semester goes on, I wouldn’t have to remember so many facts.


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Blogger koh huey wan said...

From my point of view, theatre is not promoting the notion of immorality but rather it was the Roman actors and actresses themselves who were caught in the tide decadent extravegence and misconduct. According to Encarte, the Roman actors and actresses lived licentiously and they frequently derided Christianity. Subsequently, the Christian attacked the Roman theatre which later led to the demise of Roman theatre.

However, theatre has great implications on the audience now and then. Theatre is essentially part of entertainment and academic enlightenment. In addition, the immediacy of theatre is a reflection of human being. Theatre mirrors the person, society and civilization and satisfy our quest for a good play.  


Blogger ikhwanhazzad said...

I would like to comment on you view regarding Greek drama and Greek writers. I am totally agreed with you that many Greek playwrights such Aristotle and Sophocles has really influenced other playwrights. However, I think that the growth of drama during those times was not promoting immorality in the society. This is because, during the glory years of Greek playwright, most people especially Greek really appreciates and honored these great playwrights for their masterpiece. Therefore, there’s should be no immorality in the society happened during those time. In fact, until now most of us who read Greek’s playwrights masterpiece, we found it fun, exciting and meaningful. For example in “Antigone”, Sophocles actually tried to show us moral qualities inside the drama where arrogance and live in denial are something that negative and also immoral.  


Blogger ikhwanhazzad said...

I would like to comment on you view regarding Greek drama and Greek writers. I am totally agreed with you that many Greek playwrights such Aristotle and Sophocles has really influenced other playwrights. However, I think that the growth of drama during those times was not promoting immorality in the society. This is because, during the glory years of Greek playwright, most people especially Greek really appreciates and honored these great playwrights for their masterpiece. Therefore, there’s should be no immorality in the society happened during those time. In fact, until now most of us who read Greek’s playwrights masterpiece, we found it fun, exciting and meaningful. For example in “Antigone”, Sophocles actually tried to show us moral qualities inside the drama where arrogance and live in denial are something that negative and also immoral.  


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