CREATIVE NONFICTION:

DRAMA

TREXIE JOY V. INFANTE

TEACHER
 LESSON OBJECTIVES:

Identify dominant literary conventions of drama such as

one-act plays and others
Write a draft of a one-act play, do peer-editing, and
revise.
Compare and contrast the elements of drama used in
different genres.
 SPOKEN WORD POETRY

Emergent poetic genre for young ones like you.

An idea that project VOICE founder Sarah Kay was
fascinated about, because her “two secret loves poetry
and theater had come together.
 STAGE PLAY

Is a play with dialogue and performance by

actors for the stage.
 THEATER

Is a performance or a place where actors

perform.
By today’s standards, drama is a play not only
performed onstage, but also on TV, radio and other
platforms.
 EL TEATRO TAGALO (1889)

Book of Vicente Barrantes

 VICENTE BARRANTES

The first Spaniard who wrote about plays in the country.

Proclaimed that all Tagalog plays were only copied from
Spanish plays.
 WENCESLAO RETANA

Spanish histographer
 PLOT

Is one element of drama

It is also called dramatic structure

Recall how a narrative is divided using Freytag’s Pyramid

Climax

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Exposition Denouement
NOTE: that the tripartite division of plot (Beginning, middle,
end) is evident in the three-act play.
A play can be divided into acts (mga yugto).

The shorter one is called one-act play, and the longer one is the
full-length play or three-act play.
 SETTING

Is another element of drama.

The setting should be clear in your script

Your script must specify the details of the place where the story
is happening and the time when it is happening.
 CHARACTERS

Characters in a play are not the “actors”

The actors are the ones who portray the role of the characters in
the story .
The characters do not have to be humans

They could be animals or inanimate objects, depending on the

story
O T H E R F O R M S O F T H E AT R I C A L
PERFORMANCE
 SKIT

Ranges from a one-minute to a ten-minute performance.

Skits can be performed anywhere; in –between acts or at a

cosplay contest
 MONOLOGUE

Does not have specific length

Long form of monologues can take as long as two hours to

perform
TW O T YPES OF MONOLOGUE

INTERIOR MONOLOGUE- when the actor expresses his or her

innermost thoughts and feelings
DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE-when the actor is talking to
another individual, may it be an imaginary character or a part of the
audience
 IMPROV

Is another short form of theatrical performance

Palanca hall-of-farmer Dr. Reuel Aguila said the improvisation

method does not use a formal script; just an outline of the dramatic
situation.
ESSAY
 ESSAY

Is a form of writing that you will always employ.

The word essay was adapted from the French literary corpus
when 16th century philosopher Michel de Montaigne described his
writings as “attempts”.
 TOMAS PINPIN

Who wrote the first essay by a Filipino in the country

His introductory essay served as a preface to his book Librong

Pagaaralan nang manga Tagalog nang Vicang Castila, published
in 1610.
When elite Filipinos were educated with the Spanish language they
started writing:
MEMORIAS/APUNTES (memoirs)
RESENAS (resumes)
ESCRIBIENTES ( scribes)

INFORMS (accounts)
MEMORIALES ( complaint letters)

• Were written on registered logbooks ( cuadernos de quejas)

• Editorials ,columns, and features written in Spanish were published in
the first newspaper Aviso al Publico
B I G I DE A

Essays can be classified into different themes, but they fall into
two major categories: FORMAL and INFORMAL.
FORMAL ESSAYS – are characterized by
philosopical,scientific,or historical treatise. They are impersonal
and didactic.
INFORMAL ESSAYS- could be as imaginative as fictional
works.
 MONTAIGNE

Who wrote “I confess myself in public”, is considered the

“Father of Informal Essay”
 TOPIC THEME

Is the subject matter of your Narrows the topic

essay

THESIS STATEMENT

 This is how you interpret the theme

 It is your personal take or insight