소극의 특성 고찰

This thesis attempted to describe the main characteristics of farce on the assumtion that farce depends on actor`s physical skill entirely, and farce could be experience only through the actual performance. From the premises, I have concluded as follows. First, farce os based on popularity and it has a continuity with other theatrical genres. Since it has been formed as a drama in the end of 15th century, farce is very popular in public until the 19th century, but a farce shares with other theaterical genres in a style and a form through the theater history. The continuity of farce is from its a plot, a structure, a situation, a characters, and actor`s physical movement. The continuity of farce, basically, depend on public interest and popularity because farce express the mankind`s desire and impulse. Consequently, the nature of farce has an active, a physical and an aggressive qualities. Second, farce is the drama of improbability and inconsistency. The plot of farce is out of logicality which is derived from the interaction of cause and effect and an elaborateness, and the episodes are consist of the situation of improbability. Thus the story always goes to unexpected way. The situation of improbability, also, shows the incinsistency by the principle of reversal and inversion, and makes a laugh which is the essence and goal of farce. Especially the inconsistency is the fundamental element to characterize the acting style of farce. Third, farce totally depends on actors. The theatrical devices of farce which give probability and logicality to the situation and character of improbability depend on actor`s physical skill. The identity of character is built by a linguistic and physical gestures, and episodes of farce convey the meaning to an audience through a typical and a exaggerated acting style. Also, physical devices-a stage, a costume, a property...-are given by actor`s physical technique. Fourth, farce is a the drama of conciseness. The word "farce" is derived from the french word `farcir` -to stuff. Farce is to array a short episodes, to use a expressive clause and a lazzi which is for building a character. These traits of farce sustain the theory of brevity in a style and a form, also the brevity of farce increase a tempo in actual performance. Fifth, farce is non-illusorily drama. It is full of the improbability and the aggressive physical movment. It requires a emotional distance which eliminated a sentimentality and a illusion completely to an audience. The emotional distance, perhaps most important, is a fundamental theory to extract a laugh, and it apply to the theatrical devices of farce consistently.