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    DRAMA ASSIGNMENT EDCURRIC 101 Uncle Albert – A Drama Process to review drama education‚ and consider how drama may be applied in a classroom of year 6 – 8 students. This drama uses a short poem – Uncle Albert by Vernon Scannell – chosen because it is short and because a number of conventions used in the course can be applied similarly. The poem will be issued in class. The poem has a character interest – the writer remembers his uncle‚ probably from some time ago. It has gaps in it – always

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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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    Conventions of Drama

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    Through the centuries‚ the conventions of drama have been altered in many different ways. These conventions are the setting‚ plot‚ characters and staging. The main factor which has been a dominant force during the changes of conventions has been the society. The society present during the time in which a play was written had a direct influence on the plot and characters. This is because drama is defined as a representation of life. Four plays which have been selected from Greek‚ Elizabethan‚

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    What is Realism? Realism is the movement toward representing reality as it actually is‚ in art. Realistic drama is an attempt to portray real life on stage‚ a movement away from the conventional melodramas and sentimental comedies of the 1700s. It is expressed in theatre through the use of symbolism‚ character development‚ stage setting and storyline and is exemplified in plays such as Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters. The arrival of realism was indeed good

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    THE WHALE RIDER The film’s plot follows the story of Paikea Apirana ("Pai")[In the book‚ her name is Kahu‚ short for Kahutia Te Rangi]‚ a 12-year-old girl who is the only living child in the line of the tribe’s chiefly succession following the death of her twin brother and mother when she was born. By tradition‚ the leader should be the first-born son a direct patrilineal descendant of Paikea‚ aka Kahutia Te Rangi in the book‚ the Whale Rider he who rode on top of a whale from Hawaiki. However‚ Pai

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    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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    Literary Elements & Style Instead of using commas to separate “doctors and generals and coaches…” Gladwell uses the word “and” to connect each occupation to the next‚ which tricks the reader into thinking that there are more occupations listed than there actually are. The same tactic is evidenced in “to shape and manage and educate…” By stressing the prevalence and importance unconscious reactions have‚ the reader will more likely believe that unconscious reactions are influential. Literary Elements

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    In this passage of Amy Tan’s story‚ Rules of the Game‚ the author uses many literary features to develop the climax of Waverly’s career as a young chess champion. As Waverly faces her first opponent of the chess tournament‚ she continusouly reminds herself of the art of invisble strength. She reptitively gets advised by the "wind"‚ as she carefully makes her moves towards victory‚ where her talent is recognized once again. However‚ a friction between Waverly and her mother arises as more trophies

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    Renaissance Drama

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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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    transform with the power of "Outer Logic". Within this form‚ his baseline physical parameters breach into super human levels. This allows him to leap onto/between skyscrapers‚ heightened reflexes and agility enough to outpace laser beams‚ unrestricted hovering‚ enhanced strength (enough to destroy planets)‚ etc. Pretty much‚ about as similar as those frilly dressed and color coded preteens you see on cartoons. You know the ones.

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