The Language of Drama Prepared by: Nicolle Anne F. Racadio Mary Anne C. Garcia Mary Joyce Angeline S. Driz Reynaida V. Calderon Lovely Mica B. Concepcion Powerpoint Templates Page 1 What is Drama? Form of literature that Brecht (1964:15) says that tells a story through the proper plays can only be understood when words and actions of performed. the characters. Stanislavski asserts that it is only on stage that It is also called a play‚ drama can be revealed in usually all its’ fullness and
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Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance.[1] The term comes from a Greek word "dran" meaning "action" (Classical Greek: δρᾶμα‚ drama)‚ which is derived from "to do" or "to act" (Classical Greek: δράω‚ draō). The enactment of drama in theatre‚ performed by actors on a stage before an audience‚ presupposes collaborative modes of production and a collective form of reception. The structure of dramatic texts‚ unlike other forms of literature‚ is directly influenced by this collaborative
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Sharareh Rafieipour Dr. Agnes Yeow Swee Kim Drama of the Modern Era 2 December. 2012 Modern Drama; The spectacle of language breaking down and the explosion of the hysteria underlying the polite banalities of social intercourse To be modern is to be‚ in many important ways‚ different from anyone who ever lived before. This idea does not mean that human being has undergone a change; man’s nature is always the same‚ but his perception of himself has distorted in a way that is significantly
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A Brief History of Drama The time period from about 1650 to 1920 was ever changing in the world of drama. Neo-classicism sprung up from Greek and Roman models in Europe during the Enlightenment‚ Romanticism struck the Globe in the 1800’s based on principles like emotion‚ intuition and seeking God. During and after the 1800’s naturalism and realism began to play major roles in the area of drama. Naturalists such as August Strindberg and realists such as Henrik Ibsen demonstrate an entirely different
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DRAMA: the specific mode of fiction represented in performance‚ from a Greek word meaning "action‚" "to do‚" or "to act". The enactment of drama in theatre‚ performed by actors on a stage before an audience‚ presupposes collaborative modes of production and a collective form of reception. The structure of dramatic texts‚ unlike other forms of literature‚ is directly influenced by this collaborative production and collective reception. ELEMENTS OF DRAMA * Music/Rhythm: Aristotle - the rhythm
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Glossary of Literary terms – Drama Act-: A lengthy segment of a play‚ comprising several scenes. A major division in a play. Each act may have one or more scenes. Greek plays were performed as continuous wholes‚ with interpolated comment from the Chorus. Horace appears to have been the first to insist on a five-act structure. At some stage during the Renaissance the use of five acts become standard practice among French dramatists. Plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries have natural
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Rosalind – As You Like It It is not the fashion … Within this monologue Rosalind is talking about how it’s not the fashion for woman to be ending a play it’s not usually seen in other play so it’s some what strange. This monologue has elements of comedy in it which was something that I was really interested in including and considering when I was choosing monologues. Throughout the monologue Rosalind is going on about how a good play doesn’t necessarily need an epilogue‚ however it can enhance
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MONOLOGUES MISUNDERSTOOD by Albert Jamae BASIL/ALISON They simply don’t understand. I know I make mistakes; doesn’t everyone? But I just can’t seem to get it through to them that I never mean to hurt anyone. I’m not trying to be your parents how you feel about stuff without it sounding bad. But I’m just trying to be honest; which is weird because that’s what they say they want from me‚ but when I give it‚ it’s not okay. Talk about contradiction. MISUNDERSTOOD rude on purpose‚ I just…sometimes
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English -Explain why it is a metaphor and example of it being used‚ its affect -Write in the form of the passage analysis Paper 1: Passage analysis from either a prose or poem -2 hour Paper 2: Comparative study -2 hours Look up literary and drama terms in all plays Stage directions and McCarthyism Sample Questions: “In plays‚ no one arrives on or leaves from the stage without contributing in some way to the complexity of the play.” Considering two or three plays you have studied
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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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