PPT-Varieties of Drama Comedy

Comedy A comedy is a play that treats characters and situations in a humorous way and has a happy ending Comes from the Greek words komos and ode meaning revel song Comedies dont always make you laugh out loud but usually at least amuse you. From . 5th . century . BCE. . Birdland. Definition. Aristotle describes the genre of comedy in . The Poetics.. Comedy represents men as worse than they are in real life, whereas tragedy shows them better.. 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. Pre-Reading Study Guide. By . PresenterMedia.com. Who was Dante Alighieri?. Dante, of course, is the author of . The Divine Comedy. . He was born a Roman Catholic in Florence in 1265 C.E. . He died of malaria in Ravenna, Italy, in 1321 (the night of Sept. 13-14). . Comedy. Comedy. A comedy is a play that treats characters and situations in a humorous way and has a happy ending.. Comes from the Greek words . komos. . and . ode, . meaning revel song.. Comedies don’t always make you laugh out loud, but usually at least amuse you.. 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. Comedy. Fiction represented in performance (unlike prose). Comes from an ancient Greek word meaning ‘action’. The word ‘play’ was the standard term used to describe drama until Shakespeare’s time. Aristotle defined comedy as one of two main forms of drama—comedy and tragedy. Most contemporary views see comedy as a form of humorous text. Why are we amused?. Relief theory. Reducing physiological tension caused by the self-censoring of the baser instincts (Freud). All genres include comedic elements. Some argue that any story where the low-born or put-upon rise to a higher station and a better end is a comedy. Comedy is not content-specific. May have to do with just about anything. Aristotle defined comedy as one of two main forms of drama—comedy and tragedy. Most contemporary views see comedy as a form of humorous text. Why are we amused?. Relief theory. Reducing physiological tension caused by the self-censoring of the baser instincts (Freud). 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  Di. O. nusos. “The Little Zeus,” he, along with Athena and Apollo, is the most diverse in his areas governed.. A . syncretic. god (combines elements of several deities), he began with fertility who, over time, acquired other aspects..