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DRAMA
DRAMA
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DRAMA
INTRODUCTION
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc.,
performed in a theatre, or on radio or television. Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the
dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics (c.
335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning
"deed" or "act" (Classical Greek: δρᾶμα, drâma), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: δράω,
dráō). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy
and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word play or
game (translating the Anglo-Saxon pleġan or Latin ludus) was the standard term for dramas until William
Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a play-maker rather than a dramatist and the building was a
play-house rather than a theatre. The use of "drama" in a more narrow sense to designate a specific
type of play dates from the modern era. "Drama" in this sense refers to a play that is neither a comedy
nor a tragedy—for example, Zola's Thérèse Raquin (1873) or Chekhov's Ivanov (1887). It is this narrower
sense that the film and television industries, along with film studies, adopted to describe "drama" as a
genre within their respective media. The term ”radio drama“ has been used in both senses- originally
transmitted in a live performance. May also refer to the more high-brow and serious end of the dramatic
output of radio.
CONTENT/ DISCUSSION
The group discussion will begin on the definition of drama, then we will give a brief history of drama and
discuss how drama evolve starting from Classical Greece, Middle Age Period, Renaissance Period,
Restoration Period, Romantic Period, Modernism and Post-modernism. We will also tackle briefly the
different levels of a play which are: text, transformation and performance. We will also discuss briefly
the elements of each levels. First is text, the elements in text in drama includes dialogue, monologue,
plot, setting and stage directions. In continuation, we will discuss the next level of a play, which is the
Transformation and the elements that we will discuss are: Directing, Stage, Props, and Lighting. Moving
on to the next level of a play which is Performance, the elements that will be discussed are: Actor,
Methods, Facial Expressions, Gestures and Language. To conclude our discussion, we attached a clip
from "Miss Saigon" in the last slide of our PowerPoint Presentation, that will serve as an example of a
Play/Drama.
CLOSING STATEMENTS/CONCLUSIONS
Drama is a lively performance in front of audiences while in movie the actors are not performed or act
lively. The major difference between drama and movie is when we are watching drama, the audiences
are also can play important role because the actors sometime make the audiences become a part of the
actors in the drama. It is totally different in cinema because the audiences are just only focuses on the
big screen in front of them. Other than that, in drama we can see a lot of props are used in the
performance while cinema does not have props at all. For me, the act in drama is more real than the act
in movie because in drama the act is not taking so many times. But in drama, the act can be repeated if
the actors are making mistake. It is like the actors are pretending in movie. Even though there are a lot
of differences between drama and movie there are a few similarities especially in term of purpose of
watching drama and movie that is people watching both of it for entertainment. The other similar thing
is most of drama and movie is used as the medium to criticise society. Then both of drama and movie
are kind of art performance. They are also form of Literature.
references:
https://www.thoughtco.com/drama-literary-definition-4171972
https://www.britannica.com/art/dramatic-literature