PPT-Focus on Literary Form: Drama

Soul of the Age The applause delight the wonder of our stage Ben Johnson To the Memory of My Beloved Master William Shakespeare and What He Hath Left Us Background Dramatic Structure. 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 . AP English Lit. & Comp.. Drama. Drama is a performed art.. It comes to exist only through performance on a stage. If it is not performed it is simply fiction.. Drama is a visual form.. Drama can exist without words, but it cannot exist without actors in motion, actors intending to be seen.. Victorian Curriculum F–10. Released in September 2015 as a central component of the Education State. Provides a stable foundation for the development and implementation of whole-school teaching and learning programs. Before the Spanish period, the early forms of the Philippine drama were the . duplo. and the . karagatan. .. . *. Duplo. – was a poetical debate held by trained men and women in the ninth night, the last night of the mourning period for the dead. . After . the fall of the Roman Empire . in c.476 . AD, came a period known . as . the “DARK AGES”.. . The Church was the only stable “government”.. During the Medieval period:. The . Christian Church . Early American Drama. The American . Company, managed . by David . Douglass. ,. . was the first professional company to produce plays in the American colonies. .. The first . production was . The Prince of Parthia. A story that is written to be performed. . It is a play put on for the public. . Movies are dramas that are caught on camera.. Drama Terms . Dramatization- the acting out of something. . Stage Directions- tells the actor how to act, where to stand, how to move, etc. . 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. A story that is written with the purpose of being performed in front of an audience.. Or in other words, a play. Dramas always have 5 major elements (& often more):. Rising action. Conflict. Climax. duplo. and the . karagatan. .. . *. Duplo. – was a poetical debate held by trained men and women in the ninth night, the last night of the mourning period for the dead. . . Bellacos. – male participants, they are the heads of the games. . “DRAMA” Types of Drama Tragedy: [solemn, personal, religious & Social Issues] Tragic Flaw & Catharsis Types of Drama Tragedy:[solemn, personal, religious & Social Issues] - Tragic Flaw & Catharsis  www.nadt.org/. Pam . Dunne, . PhD, . RDT-BCT. Drama Therapy. Drama Therapy Populations. at-risk youth. prisoners. homeless mentally ill. victims of sexual abuse and family violence. children with psychiatric disorders. & . Literary Techniques. Literary devices. There are two types of literary devices: . literary elements . and . literary techniques. .. Literary elements . are found in . every. well-written piece and are essential to the creation of the literary work.. Drama does not rely on narration, however, presents you with speech and action.. Drama, like prose fiction, utilizes plot and characters, develops a theme, arouses emotion or appeals to humor, and may be escapist or interpretive in its dealings with life. Like poetry, it may draw upon all the resources of language, including verse .