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Euripides : Medeia.
Syrový, Michal ; Dušek, Jan (advisor) ; David, Milan (referee)
Greek drama defines the place in which the theatrical performances takes place, fave a birth to the basic genres - tragedy and comedy. The emergence of the dramatic genre is somehow associated with the initial magical beliefs of our ancestors, that will play when the story will help to the real implementation. Some of the myths that have for the psyche of the Greeks fundamental importance, have been demonstrated in the context of religious rituals on stage and later gave rise to the classic drama. The Tragedy has probebly its origin in ritual worship of the god Dionysus - in simpplified playing his myth. The Tragedy draws its themens from the history or myth. The tragedy sets apart current problems by a mythical mirror. Aristotle defines the essence of tragedy as: "Views of the storyline serious and comprehensive, which has a specific range, taking acting characters, not story, and operates through pity and fear, and purification of such emotions (Katharsis)." The Development of a Greek theater space was designed mainly by physical needs of the audience to hear well and see the actor and the Featured activities of the changing nature. Athens Theatre was a mass spectacle, accessible to all participants of the festival, including foreigners, slaves and women, if they paid for it. Initially, the ritual space is gradually turning to the theater, where is clearly defined audience and stage. The staging area is start to develope. The first scene was the "nature". The viewer has perceives the actor behind the open countryside. Human drama againts the backdrop of the Universe. Subsequent incorporation of the building as a theater space decorations departs from its religious - origins and ceremonial artefacts and becomes artifical. Painted frames coming into use later with a hint of perspective, and many theatrical machines, allowing flying, revealing. etc.Ancient drama was the beginning of the whole production of European theater which has spared later in its various forms all over the world. There is a practical part in the end - development and final version of stage design solutions of Euripides´s Medea.
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