PPT-Aristotle’s Elements of Drama

Aristotle 384 BC  322 BC was a Greek philosopher who was a student of Platos and a teacher to Alexander the Great His writings had a significant impact on Medieval thought and his views of physics was accepted up until the discoveries of Isaac Newton. A drama is a story acted on stage for an audience.. Dramatic Elements. Dramatic elements are needed to bring a story to life on stage:. setting script speech character. props non-verbal actions conflict . Part #2. Types of comedy, Styles of Drama. The Stage and the School. Chapter 6. Dr. Neighbours. Ancient Greece classified Comedy in 3 ways. Old. Characterized by scathing, satirical attach on political events and figures. Freewrite. Questions. How . is reading . drama . (a play) different . from reading fiction (like a short story or a novel)? . What things are especially important to notice when reading drama? . That being said, how does . INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES. DRAMA. Drama is a species of literature whose basic medium is spoken language.. Drama can be read, somewhat like a poem or novel.. But the word “drama” comes from the Greek word meaning “act.”. Justin Grant, University of Florida. Fiction vs. Drama. Fiction as Text. Drama as Text-in-Performance. The Writer as Dramaturge. The Project. Read the play. Carefully select an 8 to 10min. scene . Research the context. Tragedy . It is a . serious. work of Drama that presents the . downfall. of its . protagonist. / . hero. (person better than ourselves) who through . some error in judgment. , . weakness of character. LO: To understand the structure of the exam and criteria needed to write a good answer. On exams.... In the exam you will be shown a short clip from a British or American TV Drama. . You will be asked to textually analyse this clip, which you will see four times.. How does drama provide the reader a different experience than prose (short stories, novels) or poetry?. How is drama different from television?. Drama. Comes from the Greek Word, . “. Dran. ”. . The Elements of Drama. The elements of drama are the features that give drama unique shape and form:. Role. and . character. are directed by . focus. driven by . tension. , made explicit in . time, place. drama. comes from the Greek verb . dran. , which means “to do.” The Doing/Acting is what makes drama.. The earliest known plays. . . . Were written around the fifth century B.C. Produced for festivals to honor Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility. Ice-Breaker. Take a look at the film script for . The . Monsters . A. re Due on Maple Street. .. Steve. What was that? A meteor? . Don. . [. Nods. ] That's what it looked like. I didn't hear any crash, though, did you? . Ice-Breaker. Take a look at the film script for . The . Monsters . A. re Due on Maple Street. .. Steve. What was that? A meteor? . Don. . [. Nods. ] That's what it looked like. I didn't hear any crash, though, did you? . What are the major differences. between drama and prose stories?. CCS-4-RL-5. . Explain major differences between drama and prose stories, and refer to the structural elements of drama (e.g. cast of characters, setting descriptions, dialogue, stage directions. Projections the advent of a new disciplinewhich they named neurocinematics, probably inspired by the name of the already well-established discipline of neuroeconomics. In fact, one might be forgiven f