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INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA

English 9
Module 2: Lesson 1
DRAMA

What is
drama?
DRAMA Drama is a type of
literature telling a story and
portrayed by fictional or non-
What is fictional characters, which is
intended to be performed to
drama? an audience on the stage.
DRAMA Type of play that can be
seen in television, theater,
radio and film.

What is
drama? Printed text of a
play
DRAMA Drama came from the
classical Greece,
specifically in Athens.
Where did drama
It is to be found where
came from? ancient hymns, were sung
in honor of the god
Dionysus.
DRAMA
Drama started in
When drama the beginning of
the 2nd century.
started?
DRAMA
Comes from the
Origin of Greek word "draō"
meaning "to do" or
drama "to act."
 THEATER

*Actual production of the text on the stage.

*Involves action place on the stage, lightning,
the scenery, accompanying music, costumes,
atmosphere and so on.
ELEMENTS
OF DRAMA

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Plot - The events in a play or the sequence of story.
Setting - The time and place of a literary work.
Characters - People or creatures in a play.
Dialogue - Conversation in a play.
Theme - The central thought of a play; the idea or ideas
with which a play deals.

Scenery - The various elements that are use to create a

particular visual setting for a play.
TYPES OF
DRAMA
Tragedy
*Type of drama that was based on human suffering
up to death.
*It focuses mostly on main characters.
*Does not have happy ending.
Example of Tragedy:
Comedy
*In ancient Greece, it is a choric song of
celebration or revel.
*An entertaining, amusing play with a happy
ending.
Example of Comedy:
Tragicomedy
*Literary device that was used in fictional
stories.
*It contains in mixed comedy and tragic
story.
Example of Tragicomedy:
ORIGIN OF
DRAMA

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Drama
*Started in Greece between 200 to 600 B.C.
*Some critics trace it in Egyptian religious
rites of coronation.
 Greek Drama

*Dramatic performances were associated with religious

festivals.
*Produces different kinds of drama.
*Focus on comedy and tragedy.
Famous Greek Tragedians

Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides

Famous Greek Tragedians

Aristophanes
 Roman Drama

*The Romans inherited the drama traditions from the

Greeks.
* The Roman Empire expand drama in many places in
Europe and also in Mediterranean world.
*Seneca is the most important Roman tragedian.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
*Also known as Seneca.
* Roman Philosopher
*Statesman
*Orator
*Tragedian
 Medieval Drama

*Began as mimetic representation of religious history.

*Drama was looked down upon as evil and a means of
corruption.
*Church came to devise some form of dramatic
performance to help in teaching Christian beliefs and
biblical stories.
 3 Types Of
Medieval Drama
*Mystery plays – about Bible stories
*Miracle plays – about the lives of the saints
*Morality plays – in which the characters personify
moral qualities or abstractions.
 The
Renaissance
*Witnessed a new interest in learning and discovery
of the natural world.
*The invention of the printing press helped make the
production of books easier and cheaper, hence,
available to more people.
 Humanism
*The humanist movement stressed the role of
man and reason in understanding the world and
rejected the predominance of religious thinking.
 Renaissance
Drama
* The works of Greek and Roman dramatists were rediscovered
and imitated.
*Plays were no longer restricted to religious themes.
*Happened first in Italy and spread then to other parts of Europe.
*In England, drama flourished during the reign of Queen Elizabeth
I (1558-1603), who was a patron of literature and the arts.
Renaissance
Drama
*Theatres were built in London
and people attended plays in
large numbers.
 Important Dramatists
in Renaissance Period

• William Shakespeare Christopher Marlowe

 Dramatic Terms
*Playwright: The writer of plays (dramatist)
*Stage directions: Instructions written in the script of a play, describing the
setting and indicating actions and movements of the actors.
*Soliloquy (Monologue): A speech in a play in which a character, usually
alone on the stage, talks to himself or herself so that the audience knows
their thoughts.
*Protagonist: The main character in a play.
*Antagonist: The character opposing the main character.
 Dramatic Terms
*Tragic hero: A character of high repute, who, because of a tragic flaw and
fate, suffers a fall from glory into suffering.
*Tragic flaw: A weakness or limitation of character, resulting in the fall of the
tragic hero.
*Dramatis Personae: "People of Drama" in Latin; a list of the characters in a
play, usually found on the first page of the script.
*Blank Verse: Unrhymed iambic pentameter verse. It is the preeminent
dramatic verse English (as in the plays of Christopher Marlowe and William
 Dramatic Terms
*Chorus: The course in Greek drama is a group of actors who
speak or sing together, commenting on the action.
*In Elizabethan drama, the course consisted of one actor who
recites the prologue and epilogue to a play and sometimes
comments on the action (As in Doctor Faustus).
*Comic Relief: Humorous episodes in a play that is mainly
Answer the following questions.
1. A type of literature that is played on stage.
2. Meaning of drama in Greek word.
3. It involves the costumes, scenery, production, lightning, music
and so on.
4. Conversation between two people.
5. The topic of a play.
6. It is the sequence of a story/ play.

7. Drama started in the beginning of ______ century .

ASSIGNMENT
In your own words, answer the following questions. The
answer should be At least 4 to 7 sentences. 5 points for each
number.
1. How can you say that a story is a drama?
2. What is the difference between theater and play?
3. Give 1 example of tragedy, comedy, and tragicomedy. It can
be a film, novel, story etc. And how can you say that its genre
is tragedy, comedy or tragicomedy?
4. What is drama for you?
5. Why are elements of drama needed in a story?
Thank you