Philippine Drama What is Drama? • Drama comes from Greek words meaning “to do” or “to act.“ • Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. • According to Oxford Dictionary‚ drama is a composition in prose or in verse; adapted to be acted and is represented with accompanying gesture‚ costume‚ and scenery‚ as in real life. • It is essentially social and involves contact‚ communication and the negotiation of meaning. • Drama needs an individual or a group of people who use themselves
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Elements of Drama Drama is a display of emotions‚ a representation of relationships and the portrayal of the different phases of human life. It sketches different personalities and represents a wide variety of emotions through the different characters it portrays. Which of its components are identified as the elements of drama? Let us see. Aristotle‚ a philosopher who wrote on a variety of subjects like poetry‚ theater‚ music‚ rhetoric and handled subjects like biology‚ physics‚ logic and politics
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Literature The nature of drama Drama utilizes plot and characters‚ develops a theme‚ arouses emotion or appeals to humor. It may be escapist or interpretive. Much drama is poetry. But drama has one characteristic‚ it is written primarily to be performed‚ not read. It presents its actions through actors‚ on a stage‚ and before an audience. Of the four major points of view open for a fiction writer‚ dramatists are limited to one- the objective‚ or dramatic. Dramatists cannot enter the
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History of Drama Ancient Drama The origins of Western drama can be traced to the celebratory music of 6th-century BC Attica‚ the Greek region centered on Athens. Although accounts of this period are inadequate‚ it appears that the poet Thespis developed a new musical form in which he impersonated a single character and engaged a chorus of singer-dancers in dialogue. As the first composer and soloist in this new form‚ which came to be known as tragedy‚ Thespis can be considered both the first dramatist
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From Katie by Katie Davis. One theme that I felt was represently well throughout was the book is that many sacrifices and adaptations may need to be made in life for good reasons even if you are not sure at first. You may be called to start a new life‚ or you’re going to realize that somethings aren’t going to be easy but it will be okay in the end‚ or also‚ that having hope and faith and God will make these sacrifices easier. You may be being called to start a new life. In this case Katie Davis
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assignment more than any other…. I wondered whether justice would be served by snuffing out the life of this man.” - Robert Elliot‚ executioner The trial. The main character of the book‚ The Trial is Katie Leigh Flynn. Her father had left her and her mother a long time ago. Katie was a kind and loving girl. Katie has always wanted to be a reporter when she would grow up. The Trial took place in Flemington‚ New Jersey‚ 1932‚ 1936. The main conflict of The Trial was that Charles Lindbergh’s son Was kidnapped
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INTRODUCTION 1. William ‘Billy’ Mitchell was the most famous and controversial figure in American airpower history. The son of a wealthy Wisconsin senator was born in the 29 December 1879 at Nice‚ France. He enlisted as a private soldier during the Spanish American War. Quickly gaining a commission as Second Lieutenant one week after joining the Army due to the intervention of his father‚ he joined the Signal Corps. He was an outstanding junior officer‚ displaying a rare degree of initiative‚
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RADIO PLAY/DRAMA The English word ‘drama’ derives from the Greek word ‘dran’ meaning ‘to do’. Thus a drama is a story performed or ‘done’ by people on stage‚ radio‚ film‚ TV‚ on the street. A drama involves a chain of events and describes a web of relationships involving one or more persons. It could be fiction or non-fiction. The main Components/ELEMENTS of a RADIO drama: I. Plot_____________________________________________________ The chain of events or actions in which the characters
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UNIVERSITY OF GAZIANTEP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE SPRING 2013 ELL 246: RENAISSANCE DRAMA Tuesday 15:30-17:20 / Friday 15:30-16:20 Instructor: Hivren Demir-Atay Office Hours: M 9:30 / T 15:30-17:30 / W 16:30-17:30 Office: Y 212 Course Description: In an attempt to identify the fundamental characteristics of English Renaissance drama‚ this course will provide the students with an overview of Shakespeare’s contemporaries. Starting with the changes that the Italian Renaissance
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Katie Glasgow-Palmer Think of a landscape untouched by man. A rich blue lake surrounded by huge tussock covered mountains with sheer cliffs and angry rock faces. Pure white snow like icing sugar coats a charming little village by the lake‚ and curious looking wekas play hide and seek in the bush shrouded hills. A flock of birds soar overhead in v formation in the marbled blue and white sky. You feel dwarfed‚ and somewhat of an imposter‚ embarrassingly aware of your trivial human endeavours .It is
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