Concetti Chiave
- English drama evolved by balancing popular and educated tastes, creating a style that appealed to diverse audiences.
- Early dramatists like Thomas Sackville and Thomas Kyd laid the groundwork for later figures such as Shakespeare and Ben Jonson.
- The Italian Renaissance influenced English drama through Aristotle's dramatic theory, Hellenistic tragedies, and Roman drama.
- English Renaissance Drama integrated Aristotelian concepts with traditional English elements, resulting in unique tragedies.
- The term 'tragedy' originates from the Greek 'tragodia', a ritual honoring Dionysus with a choric song.
What is the evolution of English drama?
The English playwright, as mentioned above, responded to the dual pressures of popular and educated taste and devised a style of drama that entertained both ideal audience.
From the early Elizabethan playwrights, such as Thomas Sackville and Thomas Kyd, to the later dramatists, such as Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, English drama found a method of connecting Senecan tragedy, with its emphasis on the supernatural and revenge, to English legends and Classical Aristotelian concepts of tragedy and comedy.
Influences of the Italian Renaissance
The most important aspects of the italian Renaissance to effect English Drama were:
.The study of the dramatic theory of Aristotle.
. The new interest in Hellenistic tragedies.
. The interest in Roman drama and the imitation of Seneca.
With these elements, traditional English dramatic traditions of didatic allegory and morality were mixed.
The development and eventual mixing together of Aristotelian definitions of Tragedy and Comedy epitomize the originality of English Renaissance Drama.
The heyword were taken up by Elizabethan playwrights and developed within an English framework into great tragedies that meant something to all levels of English society.
Origins of tragedy
The word tragedy derived from the Greek word tragodia, that is comnination of tragos and ode and referred to a form of a ritual in honour of the god Dionysus, which was accompanied by a Choric Song.
Domande da interrogazione
- How did English playwrights balance popular and educated tastes in their works?
- What is the origin of the term "tragedy" in drama?
English playwrights crafted a style of drama that appealed to both popular and educated audiences by blending elements of Senecan tragedy with English legends and Classical Aristotelian concepts, creating works that resonated with all levels of society.
The term "tragedy" originates from the Greek word "tragodia," a combination of "tragos" and "ode," referring to a ritual in honor of the god Dionysus, which included a choric song.
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