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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. In his first manifesto, Artaud claims that the first thing to notice about theater is that it only expresses itself in ______.
2. What does Artaud intend to do with the stage in the Theater of Cruelty?
3. The first line of Artaud's Second Manifesto, states, "Admittedly or not, conscious or unconscious, _________, a transcendent experience of life, is what the public is fundamentally seeking through love, crime, drugs, war, or insurrection."
4. Artaud writes, "At the point of deterioration which our sensibility has reached, it is certain that we need above all a theater that _________."
5. Of the performer in Artaud's second note, he writes, "His spectacle demonstrates the irresistible expressiveness of" what?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Artaud's first letter in "Letters on Cruelty," who is he writing to and what is his principle subject?
2. Discuss the use of masks and accessories as described in the First Manifesto.
3. What are the differences the author notes between the athlete and the actor?
4. In Artaud's "Letters on Language," he insists that the task of "mise en scène" must not be subordinated to spoken or written words as if this task was simply an accessory to theater. What does this mean?
5. What does Artaud write of in his third letter of "Letters on Language," which follows the publication of his Manifesto?
6. Discuss the stage as described by Artaud in his First Manifesto.
7. What does Artaud describe "cruelty" in reference to in his letters?
8. What physically must an actor learn to localize in his body?
9. How does Artaud describe the correlation between actions and language in his "Letters on Language"?
10. What must the actor control in order to relate emotions he wants to convey?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the significance of Artaud's time and place in regard to his vision of humanity and the world. How might the political and social climate affected his theories? How might his own personal struggles and demons?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the techniques of the actor as Artaud describes them in "An Affective Athleticism." What are the principle areas an actor should focus on in approaching training and a role?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Artaud's use of metaphor as he relates the theater to the plague. What are the benefits of both? What are the downfalls?
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