Comedy and tragedy theater masks

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  • Period: 528 BCE to 535 BCE

    Festival

    Around that time, the ruler of the city of Athens, Pisistratus (- 528/7 BC), established a festival of music, song, dance and poetry competitions. These contests were known as "Las Dionisias". In the year 534 or 535 a. C. Thespis won the contest by introducing a revolutionary modification.
  • 509 BCE

    Roman drama

    Roman drama
    With the expansion of the Roman Empire during the years 509 a. C. and 27 a. C., the Romans came into contact with the Greek civilization and, in turn, with the drama. Between the year 27 a. C. and the year 476 d. C. (fall of the Empire), the drama spread throughout western Europe. Among the most relevant playwrights are Livio Andrónico and Gneo Nevio. At present, the works of any of these authors are not preserved.
  • 19 BCE

    Modern and postmodern drama

    Modern and postmodern drama
    Starting in the 19th century, the dramatic genre underwent various changes, as did the other literary genres. The works began to be used as a means of social criticism, as a means of disseminating political ideas, among others.
    -Luigi Pirandello; His works include "Six characters in search of an author", "So it is (if you think so)" and "The life I gave you."
    -George Bernard Shaw; his most outstanding works are "Candida", "Caesar and Cleopatra" and "The man of destiny".
  • 7 BCE

    The medieval

    The medieval
  • Period: 7 BCE to 7 BCE

    The medieval

    During the Middle Ages, churches performed dramatizations of biblical passages, which were known as liturgical dramas. By the 11th century, these representations have spread throughout almost all of Europe (the exception was Spain, occupied by the Moors). One of the best known works of this time is "Robin and Marion", written in French in the 13th century, by Adam de la Halle.
  • 4 BCE

    Origin

    Origin
  • Period: 4 BCE to 4 BCE

    The poetic

    The poetics ”was written in the 4th century BC. C. by the stagirite philosopher Aristotle. It should be noted that when Aristotle says "poetic" he means "literature". In this text, the philosopher points out that there are three great literary genres: epic, lyrical and drama. These three genres are similar in the fact that they represent reality in one way or another. However, they differ in the elements they use to represent reality.
  • Period: 4 BCE to 4 BCE

    Origin

    The origin of this genre goes back to the ancient city of Athens, where ritual hymns were sung in honor of the god Dionysus. In ancient times these hymns were known as dithyrambs and were initially part of the rituals for this god and were made up exclusively of choral songs. Then, in a later development they mutated into choral processions in which the participants dressed in costumes and masks
  • Period: 1558 to

    Elizabethan era

    During the Elizabethan era (1558-1603), drama flourished in England. The works of this period are characterized by being written in verse. The most relevant authors of this period were: William Shakespeare; some of his works are "Hamlet", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Tempest" and "Romeo and Juliet" Christopher Marlow; his most relevant works are "The Jew from Malta" and "Hero and Leandro".