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)