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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. What did the performer replicate in the production Artaud speaks of in his second note of "Two Notes"?
2. In what year were the letters dated from "Letters on Cruelty"?
3. Artaud claims in his first letter of "Letters on Language" that while it still qualifies as "theater," a play which depends entirely on a scripted text is nothing but a _____ of theater.
4. What is the name of the third act of Artaud's proposed production?
5. In "An Affective Athleticism," Artaud writes, "One must grant the actor a kind of affective musculature which corresponds to the physical localizations of ______."
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss and describe Artaud's depiction of lighting for the Theater of Cruelty in the First Manifesto.
2. What movie does Artaud use in comparison to his main subject in the first note of "Two Notes"? What does he write of American filmmakers?
3. How does Artaud describe what "cruelty" is not referring to in his letters?
4. Describe how Artaud defines the images and movement of the "Theater of Cruelty" in his second manifesto.
5. Describe the events of the first two acts of "The Conquest of Mexico."
6. Discuss the use of masks and accessories as described in the First Manifesto.
7. What is Artaud's subject in his first note from "Two Notes"?
8. What must the actor control in order to relate emotions he wants to convey?
9. What are the different types of breathing the author refers to?
10. What does Artaud write of in his third letter of "Letters on Language," which follows the publication of his Manifesto?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss and describe the Theater of Cruelty as the author presents it in his First Manifesto. What are the essential elements? How does it differ from the contemporary theater of Artaud's time?
Essay Topic 3
In "The Theater of Cruelty: First Manifesto," Artaud discusses the need for a "new language" for the theater as "a metaphysics of speech, gesture, and expression, in order to rescue it from its servitude to psychology and "human interest." What does he mean by this?
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