CLAT Step 4 - Analyze an event containing the chosen genre

Question 1

Artistic event (Schrag 2013 definition)

Answer 1

An event that contains at least one enactment of a genre.

Question 2

(5) implications of artistic events and genres

Answer 2

1. Events may contain enactments of more than one genre.
2. Events are longer than a single enactment of a genre.
3. Enactments of genres may be found in more than one kind of event.
4. Many events entail strong expectations of what kinds of genres they can include.
5. Genres and events are always changing.

Question 3

Artistic genre

Answer 3

A community’s category of artistic communication characterized by a unique set of formal characteristics, performance practices, and social meanings.

Question 4

Genre enactment

Answer 4

an instantiation of an artistic genre within an event

Question 5

Schrag (2014) - (2) types of enactments

Answer 5

• integral enactments: profoundly familiar to performers and exhibit a combination of components sufficient to cohere as an iteration of a genre
• liminal enactments: do not contain enough features sufficient to fully express a genre

Question 6

Integral enactments. . .

Answer 6

are profoundly familiar to performers and exhibit a combination of components sufficient to cohere as an iteration of a genre.

• complex
• tend towards ecstatic
• more satisfying for enactors

Question 7

Liminal enactments. . .

Answer 7

do not contain enough features sufficient to fully express a genre.

• lead to new genres
• tickle imaginations
• provide space for forging more social harmony
• introduces the malleable element!

Question 8

Choosing an artistic event to analyze (3 essential and 2 helpful elements):

Answer 8

Essential elements:

• Witness it firsthand or through a good video recording
• It needs to contain an example of the genre that the community has chosen to work with
• It must be done by people in the community

Helpful elements:

• Study a typical example of this event
• Study an example performed by artists whom the community states are the most skillful