3. • At the end of this lesson, the
students should be able to:
• 1. identify the different
theories explaining the birth
of drama;
• 2. discuss the various
theories explaining the
emergence of drama as a
distinct art form; and
• 3. appreciate the
development and
significance of drama in the
culture of humanity.
5. •DIRECTION: Read the statement
carefully and identify if TRUE or
FALSE. Write True if the
statement is correct and False if
the statement is wrong. Use the
your Notebook.
6. _____1. The word drama is derived
from the Greek word “dram” which
means “to do or to act”.
7. _____2. “Mimesis” is a Greek word
adapted by Aristotle which means
“imitation of an action” and is used
as a basic theoretical principle to
explain the creation of art.
8. • .
_____3. The prime religious rituals are
to worship God or to supernatural
beings for the merit of birth, fertility,
marriage, harvest and death.
9. _____4. Theories of drama developed by the
researchers were fully equipped and
supported by concrete evidences derived
from ancient times and became acceptable to
the panel of researchers to justify the true
historic emergence of drama.
10. _____5. The different studies on the
origin of drama made by researchers
remained as speculations or
theories until these days.
12. •It was Aeschylus, a playwright who
developed and introduced first the drama in
Greece.
•He wrote a play that featured two actors and
a chorus, who symbolized the common
people and the Gods.
13. •Other famous playwrights who
introduced the drama were Sophocles
and Euripides.
•Most of what they wrote is lost.
•Aeschylus wrote 90 plays but only 7
found, Euripides wrote 92 plays, only
19 found and Sophocles wrote 120
plays only 7 found.
14. •In the 9 books “The
Histories” written by
Herodotus - the “Father
of History “, he notes
only twice what seemed
to be theater-like
activities.
15. was drama first played
into a performance?
was drama first started?
16.
17.
18. •The drama was classified at that
time into three different types:
COMEDY, TRAGEDY, and SATYR.
27. Drama came from the Greek
word “dran” which means “to
do” or “to act.”
28. Drama is defined as a printed text
of a play meant to be played by a
performer on stage.
29. It can be in a form of prose or
verse blended with human
emotions and conflicts to give
breadth of the story.
30. The action or performance in a
play is called dramatization.
31. It is believed that drama has
originated from Greece around
500 BCE.
32. It also created a beautiful
landscape of entertainment,
education, and art life to many.
33. It is believed that drama has
originated from Greece around
500 BCE.
34. Some historians and researchers
conducted several studies to
answer such questions, but due to
lack of concrete documents and
strong evidences to justify its
birth, unfortunately, it remained
unanswered until these days.
35. Thus, some speculations were
drawn in a form of theories trying
to answer as to how drama came
to evolve.
38. The Ancient Greek and
Roman drama were
mostly influenced by
religious people.
39. Religious rituals primarily
meditate and worship God
or to supernatural beings for
the merit of birth, fertility,
marriage, harvest as well as
death.
40. Ancient Greeks who
embraced to hold ritual-
drama, dance, and
festivals in honor of Greek
god of wine and fertility,
Dionysus.
41. Similarly, since most Bible was
written in Latin texts and common
people could not understand its
meanings, thus it resulted in finding
ways of conveying messages in
different ways like sharing the
Gospel through pictures, action, or a
play.
42. It is strongly assumed from
worship of the “primitive”
people that became ritual
and ritual became myth
then myth became
performance.
46. The existence of religion and rituals
and its continued development
from the society of “primitive”
peoples provided evident clue of
Western civilization- as to what
early Greek culture and theater
looked-like as well as of its gradual
evolution.
47. These rituals were followed by
all human societies as
reflected in their early
practices.
48. The relationship between
religious rituals, dance, and
early celebrations has spelled
transitional reforms which in
some ways seemed to led the
birth of drama and theater.
49. The relationship between
religious rituals, dance, and
early celebrations has spelled
transitional reforms which in
some ways seemed to led the
birth of drama and theater.
51. When James Frazer's work
motivated other researchers
to study myth, Bronislaw
Malinowski, was one of the
researchers who worked on
the nature of myth
56. Structuralism theory is a
concept of Claude Levi-Strauss
which explores the nature of
prevailing dualities in culture
wherein art and myth drive to
“mediate.”
57. Drama allows poets to express
the irrefutable friction of the
opposite which makes human
life otherwise understandable.
58. Drama allows poets to express
the irrefutable friction of the
opposite which makes human
life otherwise understandable.
61. Aristotle claimed that "mimesis“
or imitation is natural to
human instincts just like a
mirror as it seeks to replicate life
through character, emotion, or
action.
62. Plato says that all art is mimetic by
nature and art is an imitation of life
where art imitates idea and idea is
the ultimate reality.
64. This theory explains that the
emergence of drama has started
from fun games brought by the
playful instincts of mankind.
65. Human beings have ludic behavior
that tends to create ludic activities
not intended for the fight but to
enjoy and to find pleasure
66. Human beings have ludic behavior
that tends to create ludic activities
not intended for the fight but to
enjoy and to find pleasure
67. ACTIVITY 1:
Direction : Supply your own idea to the preceding
unfinished statement based on what you have
learned to our lesson.
I learned that…………………….
