Drama p. 1 Flashcards
Drama
serious but not necessarily tragic, genre between comedy and tragedy
Story
What happens in a story, chronological sequence of events. It consists of events, characters, setting
Discourse
how is the story told
theme
the main subject of talks, books and films
information flow
important device for complicating and propelling the plot also for creating suspense and surprise in reader
dramatic structure
plot (E-RA-C-FA-D), characters, setting
space
where action is presented
time
actions can take place in one of the ways - successively (one after another) or simultaneously (all at the same time)
characters
major or minor, main character - protagonist, antagonist - opposite
types of utterance
monologue (one long speech given by one char. to others), dialogue (conversation among characters), soliloquy (monologue of a char. to themselves or to the audience), asides (speech by one char. to the audience and the other char. don´t hear them)
types of stages
amphitheaters (Greek Classicism), wagons (The Middle Ages), public theatres (Elizabethan Era), theatres (Restoration Period), facade stage (Modern Ages)
dramatic sub-genres
comedy, tragedy
high comedy vs low comedy
HC: appeals to the intellect and has a serious purpose
LC: focused on situation comedy, farce and slapstick
romantic comedy
involve extraordinary circumstances (magic, fairy-world, dreams) and the center is around two lovers who struggle to get together
farce
exaggeration and caricature of situation
