English language and literature

1. INTRODUCTION
TO DRAMA
BILAL ALI BHURGRI

2. WHAT IS DRAMA?

3. ROLE OF DRAMA?
IN YOUR OPINION.

4. • why do you watch drama?
• The purpose of drama in your opinion .

5. DRAMA
• A drama is defined as a piece of
literature of which the intended
purpose is to be performed in front
of an audience.
• It is theatrical performance before the
live audience .
• a drama is a play to be performed .

6. DRAMA
• DRAMA IS A WORD TAKEN FROM GREEK
WORD DRAN MEANS TO DO.

7. The meaning of drama is that it is a
mode of representing fictional or
non-fictional narratives through a
performance before an audience.

8. • . It is a genre that presents
a narrative through the enactment of
characters on a stage,
• often involving dialogue, actions,
and conflicts that unfold in front of an
audience.

9. • In the domain of literature, drama often
refers to written works intended for
performance, encompassing plays and
theatrical scripts that are designed to be
enacted by actors on a stage.

10. :
• drama differs from other
forms of storytelling in its
focus on dialogue and the
interaction between
characters to convey the
narrative, themes, and
emotions.

11. DRAMA
• The structure of a dramatic work typically
includes acts and scenes,
• Through dialogue and actions, characters
reveal their motivations, conflicts, and
growth, making drama a dynamic medium
for exploring the human experience.

12. • Great dramatic works (or plays) in literature
often reflect the societal, cultural, and
psychological aspects of the time in which
they were written.

13. 1. Playwrights utilize their creations to
delve into complex themes, highlight
moral dilemmas, challenge social
norms, and provoke thought and
emotional engagement among their
audiences.

14. • Dramas can be performed on stage, on
film, or the radio. Dramas are typically
called plays, and their creators
are known as “playwrights” or
“dramatists.”

15. • Drama is a composition of prose or
poetry that is transformed into a
performance on stage. The story
progresses through interactions between
its characters and ends with a message
for the audience.

16. Elements OF DRAMA
• , PLOT, CHARACTER, THEME, DIALOGU
E, SETTING,

17. PLOT
• The order of events occurring in a
play make its plot. Essentially, the
plot is the story that the play
narrates.

18. • The entertainment value of a play
depends largely on the sequence of
events in the story

19. • PLOT IS A SEQUENCE OF ACTIONS
AND EVENTS ‘
• The connection between the events
and the characters in them form an
integral part of the plot.

20. • What the characters do, how
they interact, the course of
their lives as narrated by the
story, and what happens to
them in the end, constitutes
the plot.

21. • A struggle between two individuals, the
relation between them, a struggle with
self, a dilemma, or any form of conflict of
one character with himself or another
character in the play, goes into forming
the story’s plot.

22. • The story unfolds through a
series of incidents that share
a cause-and-effect
relationship.

23. • . Generally, a story begins with exposing the
past or background of the main and other
characters, and the point of conflict, then
proceeds to giving the central theme or
climax.
• Then come the consequences of the climax
and the play ends with a conclusion.
•

24. Characters
• .PERSONS ,
• ACTORS
• PERFORMERS
• DOERS

25. • Each character in a play has a
personality of its own and a set of
principles and beliefs. Actors in the
play have the responsibility of
bringing the characters to life. The
main character in the play who the
audience identifies with, is the
protagonist. He/she represents the
theme of the play.

26. • The character that the protagonist
conflicts with, is the antagonist or
villain.

27. • ANY QUESTIONS ?
•To question is the
essence of literature .