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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British Literature 1. the Middle Ages the oldest literature monument of the Anglo – Saxon period is the old Germanic legend called BEOWULF. This heroic poem is about the strong and courageous pagan hero Beowulf John Wycliffe – is a professor of Oxford University. With his students he translated the whole Bible into English - he influenced Master Jan Hus and our Hussite movement very much 2. the renaissance and humanism Geoffrey Chaucer – Canterbury Tales – brilliant portrait of 30 pilgrims
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British Literature Annual Booker Prize is televised as an important national event‚ causing a great deal of discussion. The rich variety of theatre performance available in London is one of literature attractions to visitors. Early Writing: much early British writing was concerned with Christianity: Anglo-Saxons produced beautifully illustrated. Few people in this period were literate‚ because the English language was so different that make native English people give up reading. One of the
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Comprehensive Notes for BA & MA Courses‚ UGC-NET / JRF‚ SET‚ SLET‚ MPhil & PhD Entrance Tests‚ and PSC and UPSC Exams in English Literature SAMPLE BOOKLET Co-ordinated by Kalyani Vallath 67 Vrindavan Gardens Pattom Palace PO Trivandrum—4‚ Kerala Ph: 0471-2444402 ; 9387839871 1Foreword This Sample Booklet offers a glimpse into Vallaths TES notes on English Literature that helps students excel in a variety of examinations-- BA & MA‚ UGC-NET / JRF‚ SET‚ SLET‚ MPhil &
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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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ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRAMA The dramatic activity in England took its rise‚ as did the drama of the Greeks‚ from religion; it was in origin distinctly a creation of the church. The church was everything for the Middle Ages:- rest for the weary‚ solace for the afflicted‚ bread for the hungry and succour for the helpless.The church was indeed the schoolz the meeting .place‚ the centre of art and above all of amusement and entertainment. It was ready and eager to provide for the people delight
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response and/or plot development. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (n.pag.)‚ drama can be defined as‚ “a composition in verse or prose intended to portray life or character or to tell a story usually involving conflicts and emotions through action and dialogue and typically designed for theatrical performance.” In the two plays that I have selected‚ drama is definitely a depiction of life. The Ritual by Zeno Obi Constance and Your Handsome Captain by Simone Schwarz-Bart
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Scene 1st Drawing room dad and the minister of the education relaxing on the sofa‚ his son watching movie 3 idiots and very much inspired by that‚ after watching cinema he went to his dad and asking…. Sucking his thumb he moved towards his dad on knees….. Son: dad I want to do engineering Dad; why Son: because I want to be like ranchod das chachan. Dad; what? Son: please dad Dad; what is in doing engineering‚ there is no career in engineering‚ you have to work hard and nothing to earn
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I was the oldest of seven little boys and girls‚ who couldn’t understand what was going on. We were sitting in the hospital waiting room‚ some of us screaming and playing‚ others just silently crying and me‚ I was sitting next to my father‚ taking his hand into mine. The minutes seamed like hours‚ everything was so slow. Time passed and my brothers and sisters began to fall asleep all over the room‚ but my dad didn’t care‚ he just stood in the chair‚ with his hands covering his eyes. He wouldn’t
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English Renaissance drama grew out of the established Medieval tradition of the mystery and morality plays. These public spectacles focused on religious subjects and were generally enacted by either choristers and monks‚ or a town’s tradesmen (as later seen lovingly memorialized by Shakespeare’s ’mechanicals’ in A Midsummer Night’s Dream). At the end of the fifteenth century‚ a new type of play appeared. These short plays and revels were performed at noble households and at court‚ especially at
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