The Drama                    

                       Drama is a literary composition involving conflict,action crisis and atmosphere designed to be actedby players on a stage before an audience. Definition of DramaDrama is defined by Aristotle as “a criticismof life, on a stage, with action, charactersand dialogue.” The Greek word for “deed” or“action” is dram. 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. Types of Drama Tragedy Comedy A type of drama in which the A type of drama in which the characters experience characters experience reversals reversals of fortune, usually of fortune, usually for the worse. for the better. Things work Catastrophe and suffering await out happily in the end. May be romantic - characterized many of the characters, by a tone of tolerance and especially the hero geniality - or satiric. Satiric works offer a darker vision of human nature, one that ridicules human follyTRAGICOMEDYTragicomedy is a play that does not adherestrictly to the structure of tragedy. This isusually serious play that also has some of thequalities of comedy. It arouses thought evenwith laughter.

               Types of drama Farce Melodrama A light dramatic work in which highly improbable A drama, such as a play, plot situations, exaggerated characters, film, or television program, and often slapstick events characterized by are used for humorous exaggerated emotions, effect. It is the situation stereotypical characters, here which provides the and interpersonal conflicts humor, not the cleverness of plot or lines, nor the absurdities of the characterTypes of DramaRomantic Melodrama Satire MelodramaAn extended fictional A literary work inprose narrative about which human vice orimprobable events folly is attacked through irony,involving characters derision, or wit. Athat are quite different literary mode based onfrom ordinary people. criticism of people and society through ridicule.

                                                                                                                           

                   Elements of DramaPLOT Plot is the form and structure of the action and the arrangement of incidents of a story or play. Plot is only that aspect of the story which takes place on stage and which is revealed to the audience through the dramatic actions and dialogue of the characters1. Natural Plot 2. Episodic Plot

                       CHARACTER

                                                  

                        A character is a person, animal or entity in a story, scene or play with specific, distinguishing attributes. The hopes and struggles of characters provide the principle material from which plots are made. Drama/theatre concerns itself with characters in action, and characters carry out the action of the plot. The protagonist is the main character in the plot who propels the action forward. The antagonist is the chief opponent to the protagonist. Related characters assist in the development of the plot and central characters. Three Major Characteristics of Drama1. It has a direct, immediate impact  Drama effectively commands the spectator’s attention  Advantage: The playwright’s power extends beyond words alone  Disadvantage: The materials one can use on stage are limited 3. The experience of watching a play is communal •Advantage: Impact is intensified. •Disadvantages: There is a need for brevity, swift movement of plot, and intermissionsSetting identifies the time and place inwhich the events occur. It consists of thehistorical period, the moment, day andseason in which the incidents take place.It also includes the sceneries in theperformance which are usually found inthe preliminary descriptions.

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