WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT DRAMA ?

Definition of drama;

Drama is literary work which delienates life and human activity with action and dialogue to aimed to be performed on stage.

Kind of drama:

- tragedy : tragedy involve which climax in unhappy

- comedy : comedy involve which climax in pleasing or happy resolution

- tragedy comedy : a drama with mixing the situation.

History of drama

Ancient and roman drama

            - tragedy and comedy

Middle ages drama

            - misteries plays, morality plays and interlude

Elizabethan drama

            - romantic comedies and murder drama

Restoration and 18 century

            - heroic drama

Ninenteeth century

            - melo drama

Twentieth century

            - modern drama

Characteristic of drama

- orally presented ( dialogue, monolog and action)

- conventions (playgoers and playwright actions)

- image and realistic presentation

Element of drama

1.  Theme

            # relationship

            -man and mature

            -man and society

            - man and himself

            #universal

            -love, death and morality

            #family relationship and private themes

2. Character

# main character =determined by life change (protagonist, antagonist, and round character, complex and dynamic character)

# sub character = determined life by no change ( supporting character, flat and static character and simple character

3. Setting

            - setting of place

            - setting of time

            - setting of culture

4. Style of language

            - diction (word choice)

            -  figurative language (metaphore and personification)

            -  symbol

            -  high language ( with figurative language)

            -  low language ( daily conversation language)

            -  pattern of imaginary

            -  emphasis

            -  logic

Motivation of character to act

- hope for reward                              - love                          -anger

- greed                                               -religious                   -kindness

-jealous                                             - hatred                      -revenge

Futher dimension and device of drama

- mistaken identify             - cynism                    -greek tragedy

- rathos                                 -reversal

- sentimentalism                 -reconigtion plot

-parody                                 -domestic tragedy

Dramatic evaluation and interpretation

1. Evaluation: assessing strength and weakness of drama (Aristotelian and plantonic greek tragedy critism)

2. Interpretation; discovering new meaning of drama by various approaches

(scientific, disciplines, psychology,sociology, history,biography, and cultural studies)