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400 BCE
The Poetics of Aristotle
It was written in the fourth century BC by the Sagittarius philosopher Aristotle It should be noted that when Aristotle says "poetry" he means "literature" The philosopher points out that there are three great literary genres: epic lyric and drama or dramatic genre had its origin in Greece. In the beginning, theatrical representations were related to the cult of Dionysus god of wine and joy, and therefore possessed a sacred character. -
1140
Medieval Age
This period is located between the 5th and 15th centuries and in literature it covers the years 1140 to 1530, when the Renaissance began among its main characteristics are: Rigid and prefixed visions until the fifteenth century there are only a few theatrical texts known as TROPES that are characterized by:
▪ short works written in Latin.
▪ of a religious nature.
▪ staged important moments in the life of Jesus.
▪ with a double purpose or objective. -
The Renaissance in the 16th Century
It begins in the middle of the 16th century and man is the center of the world and Literature has an aesthetic tone and Before the Renaissance in the 16th century man was a slave to the interests of the church all his life revolved around the supreme and almighty God whom they were afraid of and had to satisfy because in this way they would achieve economic interests dissipated by ideology. -
Baroque in the 17th Century
In the 17th century the cultural and artistic movement called Baroque was developed, marked by a pessimistic view of life that was the consequence of a deep economic and social crisis as well as the disillusionment of the humanist ideals of the Renaissance: Among its main features are highlighted: The feeling of writing is one of pessimism with a depressive cruel and cold temper Little interest in human exaltation since there is disenchantment with man Closed language very hermetic. -
Nineteenth-century Theatre
Beginning in France melodrama became the most popular theatrical form August von Kotzebue's Misanthropy and Repentance 1789 is often considered the first melodramatic play the plays of Kotzebue and René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt established melodrama as the dominant dramatic form of the early 19th century The later period of the 19th century saw the rise of two conflicting types of drama: realism and non-realism, such as SYMBOLISM and precursors of EXPRESSIONISM. -
Realism
In the theatre was a general movement that began in the 19th-century theatre, around the 1870s and remained present through much of the 20th century It developed a set of dramatic and theatrical conventions with the aim of bringing a greater fidelity of real life to texts and performances These conventions occur in the text, (set, costume, sound, and lighting) design performance style and narrative structure. -
Romanticism
The beautiful English letters and the theater have been separated but these two art forms are interconnected if they do not learn to work hand in hand can be detrimental to the art form The prose of English literature and the stories it tells need to be represented and the theater has that ability from the beginning reflecting the society as America pursued its national identity The first play performed in 1752 in Williamsburg Virginia was Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice". -
Dadaism
Was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centers in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (circa 1916) New York Dada began circa 1915 and after 1920 Dada flourished in Paris developed in reaction to World War I the Dadaism movement consisted of artists who rejected the logic, reason and aestheticism of modern capitalist society, instead expressing nonsense, irrationality, and anti-bourgeois protest in their works. -
Postmodern Theatre end of 20th Century
Is a phenomenon in world theatre, coming as it does out of the postmodern philosophy that originated in Europe in the middle of the twentieth century Postmodern theatre emerged as a reaction against modernist theatre. Most postmodern productions are centered on highlighting the fallibility of definite truth instead encouraging the audience to reach their own individual understanding. -
Drama in the 21st Century
The dramatic genre experienced various changes over the years as happened with other literary genres The works began to be used as a means of social criticism as a means of disseminating political ideas among others Later the drama is divided into realistic and unrealistic genres among the first were written the tragedy and comedy already in existence and came to add educational work and tragicomedy also known as classical tragic comedy recognized as such since the Renaissance.
