drma cnf

drama

is literature intended for performance

Key convention of drama

plot

Character

Setting

Dialogue

theme

Performance oriented nature

Conflict

Dramatic Irony

Monologue/soliloquy

plot

similar to fiction

dialogue

primary vehicle convey plot

theme

overachinh message or idea

performance oriented nature

defining characteristic of drama to be seen and heard not js read

performance Oriented nature influence

Stage direction

Acts and scene

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stage direction

Instruction from playwright

acts and scenes

Division within that mark shifts in time

Conflict

essential to dramatic fiction

Dramatic irony

Know something that the character do not

Climax and turning points

moments of highest tension

monolugue/soliloquy

extended speeches by a single character, revealing their inner thoughts

example of dramatic forms

Comedies

Faces

MeloDrama

musicals

screenplays

tragedies