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2. Drama
is
Staged art, Designed for
the theater
The most concrete form in which art
can recreate human situation
An enacted fiction; an art form based on mimetic
action
The most elegant expression of thought nearest to truth

3. ORIGIN OF DRAMA
•THE TERM DRAMA COMES FROM A
GREEK WORD MEANING "ACTION“,
WHICH IS DERIVED FROM THE VERB
MEANING "TO DO" OR "TO ACT“.
•ORIGIN OF DRAMA O MANY SAY
DRAMA ORIGINATED IN GREECE
OVER 2,500 YEARS AGO AS AN
OUTGROWTH OF THE WORSHIP OF
THE GOD DIONYSUS.

4. Dialog- chief tool
Character- lead characters: protagonist & antagonist
Plot or dramatic structure
Theme
Setting

5. •DRAMA IS A COMPOSITION IN PROSE
FORM THAT PRESENTS A STORY
ENTIRELY TOLD IN DIALOGUE AND
ACTION AND WRITTEN WITH THE
INTENTION OF ITS EVENTUAL
PERFORMANCE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE.

6. Five-act play
structure follows this
pattern:
Exposition: The play's
introduction of the story,
characters, setting, and
conflict.
Rising Action: The series of
events leading to the
climax, creating suspense.
Climax: The intense turning
point of the play.
Falling Action: The action
as the plot twists are
revealed, and the story
concludes.
Resolution or
Denouement: As the play
ends, the final outcome is
uncovered, and the plot
complications are
resolved.

7. Comedy – Comedies are lighter in tone than ordinary writers and provide a happy conclusion. The intention of dramatists in
comedies is to make their audience laugh. Hence, they use quaint circumstances, unusual characters and witty remarks.
Tragedy – Tragic dramas use darker themes such as disaster, pain and death. Protagonists often have a tragic flaw—a
characteristic that leads them to their downfall.
Farce – Generally, a farce is a nonsensical genre of drama, which often overacts or engages slapstick humor.
Melodrama – Melodrama is an exaggerated drama, which is sensational and appeals directly to the senses of audience. Just
like the farce, the characters are of single dimension and simple, or may be stereotyped.
Musical Drama – In musical drama, the dramatists not only tell their story through acting and dialogue, nevertheless through
dance as well as music. Often the story may be comedic, though it may also involve serious subjects.

9. Western Drama Originates In Classical Greece.
The Theatrical Culture Of The City-state Of Athens Produced Three Genres Of
Drama: Tragedy, Comedy, And The Satyr Play.
Their Origins Remain Obscure, Though By The 5th Century BC They Were
Institutionalized In Competitions Held As Part Of Festivities Celebrating The God.

10. Following the expansion of the Roman Republic (509–27 BC) into several
Greek territories between 270–240 BC, Rome encountered Greek drama.
Roman theatre was more varied, extensive and sophisticated than that
of any culture before it.
The first important works of Roman literature were the tragedies and
comedies that Livius Andronicus wrote from 240 BC.

11. MEDIEVAL
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12. ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN
Occurred in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Many of these plays were written in verse, particularly iambic pentameter.
In addition to Shakespeare, such authors as Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Middleton, and
Ben Jonson were prominent playwrights during this period.
Authors of this period drew some of their storylines from Greek mythology and Roman
mythology or from the plays of eminent Roman playwrights such as Plautus and Terence.

13. • THE WORKS PLAYWRIGHTS ARE, IN
THEIR DIFFERENT WAYS, BOTH
MODERNIST AND REALIST,
INCORPORATING FORMAL
EXPERIMENTATION, META-
THEATRICALITY, AND SOCIAL CRITIQUE.