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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Artaud maintains that since classics texts--what we generally call masterpieces--were made in the past, they are only good for what?
2. Artaud believes that in its current, Occidental interpretation, theater is limited to mimicking what through scripted dialogues?
3. What "theater is based upon age-old traditions which have preserved intact the secrets of using gestures, intonations, and harmonies in relation to the senses"?
4. Of what does Artaud say needs not to change before theater is renewed, but the reverse is true?
5. What form of the virus resulted in the deaths of more people than the previous plague?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Saint-Remys do following his dream of the plague?
2. How does Artaud relate theater to the painting from "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
3. What commonality does Artaud assert between Alchemy and the theater?
4. What does the author claim is the reasoning behind why the public is turning away from the "higher" arts in "No More Masterpieces"?
5. What painting does Artaud describe in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
6. What reality should the theater reflect, according to the author in "The Alchemical Theater"?
7. How does the author describe the effects of a plague on civilization?
8. How does Artaud draw the comparison between the theater and a plague?
9. In "Oriental and Occidental Theater," how does Artaud describe the downfall of the West?
10. What is the "perversion" of the theater of the west, according to the author?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Artaud's use of metaphor as he relates the theater to the plague. What are the benefits of both? What are the downfalls?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the terms "art" and "aestheticism." What does Artaud write of the Western Theater's confusion of these terms?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role of gesture in the Oriental Theater versus the Occidental Theater. In what ways are they different? Which vision did Artaud prefer and why?
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