Definition and origins of drama

DRAMA DEFINED

Drama is...

staged art (Robert di

Yanni)

DRAMA DEFINED

Drama is...

Designed for the theater

DRAMA DEFINED

Drama is...

An enacted fiction; an art form based on mimetic

action

DRAMA DEFINED

Drama is...

The most elegant

expression of thought nearest to

DRAMA DEFINED

Drama is...

The most concrete form in

which art can recreate

human situation

DRAMA DEFINED

In drama...

Characters are assigned roles

and they act out their roles as the action is enacted

on stage

•How does drama intensify one’s appreciation of life?

•How does impersonation contribute to the development of personality and character?

•In what way does impersonation deepen one’s understanding of individual differences?

The word drama comes

from the Greek verb dran, which means “to

do.”

Ancient Greece is

considered the birthplace

of classic western theater.

GREEK STAGE-Greek theater began

as part of a religious celebration of the god

Dionysus

•Orchestra (circular stone)•Scene/skene (rectangular building for

entrance/exits)•Theatron

(seats)

ROMAN STAGE-resembled the

construct of the Greek theater

-preferred bawdy comedies to tragic plays

•Development of

pantomime•Introduction of Commedia

dell' Arte

JAPANESE NOH STAGE

- Connection to the natural world

-stage was constructed to recall an outdoor

environment

•Hashigakari (bridge)•Kizahashi (stairway)

•Kagami-ita (back wall of stage area)

MEDIEVAL ENGLISH STAGE

- theater performances were

produced by the church-to instruct the illiterate

on the Bible

Re-presentation

Re-enactment

Imitation Impersonation

Universal elements of drama

Imitation

Drama is a reflection of an action in real life.

It is close to reality but not reality

UniversalElements of Drama

Impersonation

Drama is a broader term for copying somebody or something

Re-presentatio

Drama aims to give or show something again

Re-enactme

Persons or actions will impersonate specific characters in the original action

What common observations have you

noticed among the impersonators?

What elements do you think did they use to come up with their

presentation?

Definition and origins of drama

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