1. Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed
Campus Dadu University Of Sindh
NAME
GULZAIB MEMON
SUBJECT
LITERATURE
TOPIC
DRAMA
DATE
30/9/2013
‫ادب‬

2. Contents
 Drama Definition
 Classification Of Dramatic P
lays
 T T
he ypes Of Drama
 Elements Of Drama

Setting
 Characters
 P
lot
 T
hemes
 Style

3. Drama Definition
 Dr ama is a composit ion is pr ose f or m t hat
pr esent a st or y ent ir ely t old in dialogue
and act ion and wr it t en wit h it s event ual
per f or mance bef or e and audience.
A composit ion is pr ose or in ver se adapt ed
t o be act ed and is
r epr esent ed wit h
accompanying , gest ur e , cost ume , and
scener y as in r eal lif e

4. Classification Of Dramatic Plays
In a strict sense, play are classified
as being either tragedies or
comedies…
The broad difference between the
two is in the ending…
(1) Comedies end happily…

5. The Types of drama
Sad Ending
Sad Ending
Happy Ending
Happy Ending
Tragedy
Tragedy
Comedy
Comedy
Love Story
High Rank People
Ordinary People
Emotion and Humor
Classical
Classical
Artificial Comedy
Domestic
Domestic
Sentimental Comedy
Sentimental Comedy
Comedy or Manners
Comedy or Manners
Romantic
Romantic
Comedy
Comedy

6. Elements Of drama
(Setting)
• Setting identifies the time and place in which the
events occur.. It consists of the historical period the
moment, day and season in which the incident take
place.. It also includes the sceneries in the
performance which are usually found in the
preliminary descriptions..
CHARACTERS
• Characters are the people in the play and thus
considered as the principal material in a drama….

7. Plot
• P lays out the series of events that form the
lot
entirety of the play…Its serves as a structural frame
work which brings the events to a cohesive form and
sense…
TYPES OF PLOT
1: Natural P
lot
2: E
pisodic Plot
Frame Work Of A Plot
Beginning
Middle
Ending

8. THEMES
• Themes is considered as the unifying element that defines the
dramatized idea of the play.. It is the over all sense or implication
of the action.. It defines the problem, emphasizes the ethical
judgment and suggest attitude or course of action the eliminates
the crisis in an acceptable way…
STYLE
• Style refers to the mode of expression or presentation of the play
which point out the play wrights position or view point in life…