DRAMA

-A COMPOSITION IN PROSE OR VERSE THAT PORTRAYS LIFE AND CHARACTER BY MEANS OF DIALOG AND ACTION

-IT IS ALSO CALLED A PLAY

-THE TERM DRAMA COMES FROM A GREEK WORD MEANING ACTION

-OFTEN COMBINED WITH MUSIC AND DANCE

-OPERA: GENEREALLY SUNG THROUGHOUT

-MUSICAL: GENERALLY INCLUDES BOTH SPOKEN DIALOGUE AND SONGS

TWO MASKS ASSOCIATED WITH DRAMA IT REPRESENTS THE TRADITIONAL GENERIC DIVISION BETWEEN COMEDY AND TRAGEDY

  • THALIA REPRESENTS:
    MUSE OF COMEDY

    LAUGHING FACE

  • MELPOMENE REPRESENTS:

    MUSE OF TRAGEDY

    WEEPING FACE

TYPES OF DRAMA:

  • TRAGEDY- Involves the ruin of the leading characters.

  • COMEDY- Refers to lighter drama

  • FARCE- a subcategory of comedy, it is characterized by greatly

    exaggerated characters

  • MELODRAMA- Another type of exaggerated

    drama ,story line of the classic

    melodrama usually involves a

    villain who makes the life of the

    heroine miserable

  • MUSICAL- The story is told not only through dialog

    and acting but also through music and

    dance.

ELEMENTS OF DRAMA:

  • SETTING- The time and place where the action takes place

  • CHARACTERS- person who appears in the play

major and minor characters:

hero, villain, heroin, and the supporting cast

antagonist- villain

protagonist-hero/ heroin

  • PLOT- body of the play

    Open conflict – controversy of

    fight for supremacy.

    Dramative thesis or

    foreshadowing.

    Coincidences – sudden reversal

    of fortune.

    Climax – highest point of interest.

  • THEME- Described as the “soul”

    of the play

The Stage: