August Strindberg’s play “The Ghost Sonata” represents an expressionistic approach to drama. Expressionist elements are obvious through Strindberg’s use of distortion of reality‚ “typing” of characters‚ and the use of musical pattern. In the lecture‚ we discussed that one of the elements of expressionistic drama was “extremism and distortion”‚ the lecture also mentioned how expressionistic drama can take the form of a dream to “capture inner feelings” of a character. Strindberg distorts external
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On Drama Translation Like their contemporary prose translators who were introducing Western fiction to China‚ budding dramatists were enthusiastic about bringing Western plays to the Chinese stage. The first play was staged in Japan from an adaptation of Lin Shu ’s translation of Uncle Tom ’s Cabin. A Chinese student in Japan named Li Shutong adapted the script. The play was put on by members of the Chun Liu (Spring Willow) Drama Society. Their performance marked a complete break from traditional
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original as much as possible so that the translation represents the goal and effort of the original author. Each translator aims at a maximal realistic authenticity‚ including both the inner (author’s and director’s notes) and outer language of the drama. “Translation‚ the surmounting of the obstacle‚ is made possible by an equivalence of thought which lies behind the different verbal expressions of a thought. No doubt this equivalence is traceable to the fact that men of all nations belong to
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Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama From Elizabethan Drama. Janet Spens. London: Metheun & Co. Of the three types of plays recognized in the Shakespeare First Folio -- Comedies‚ Histories‚ and Tragedies -- the last has been the most discussed annd is clearest in outline. 1. Tragedy must end in some tremendous catastrophe involving in Elizabethan practice the death of the principal character. 2. The catastrophe must not be the result of mere accident‚ but must be brought about by some essential
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ELEMENTS OF DRAMA A. PLOT: This is the arrangement of events in a play‚ the selection and order of scenes based on a story. A story is different from a plot in a way that a story has full account of events while a plot has a selection of scenes from the story in chronological order for stage presentation. The plot has elements like exposition; this is everything the audience needs to know about a play. Conflict; this is the clash of opposing forces. Climax; this is the point at which one of the
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DRAMA For many decades‚ drama has been in our world. It gives us feelings‚ emotions‚ morality and sometimes quotes. What is drama exactly? Is it a play? An action? Or just an entertainment? Hamilton Carole in his article “the study of drama” defined Drama to be a representational art‚ a visible and audible narrative presenting virtual‚ fictional characters within a virtual‚ fictional universe. Also he stated “Dramatic realizations may pretend to approximate reality or else stubbornly defy‚ distort
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Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance.[1] The term comes from a Greek word "dran" meaning "action" (Classical Greek: δρᾶμα‚ drama)‚ which is derived from "to do" or "to act" (Classical Greek: δράω‚ draō). The enactment of drama in theatre‚ performed by actors on a stage before an audience‚ presupposes collaborative modes of production and a collective form of reception. The structure of dramatic texts‚ unlike other forms of literature‚ is directly influenced by this collaborative
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Sharareh Rafieipour Dr. Agnes Yeow Swee Kim Drama of the Modern Era 2 December. 2012 Modern Drama; The spectacle of language breaking down and the explosion of the hysteria underlying the polite banalities of social intercourse To be modern is to be‚ in many important ways‚ different from anyone who ever lived before. This idea does not mean that human being has undergone a change; man’s nature is always the same‚ but his perception of himself has distorted in a way that is significantly
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* History of Drama * Spanish Period 1. Tibag * “to excavate” * St. Helena’s search for the cross 2. Lagaylay – Pilareños of Sorsogon get together during Maytime 3. Cenaculo – passion and death of Christ a. Cantada – chanted like pasion b. Hablada – rhythmic measure of words in a deliberate manner * Spanish Period 4. Panunuluyan – Mary & Joseph searching for refuge before Christ’s birth - presented before 12mn on Christmas eve 5. Salubong – during easter
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Angelique P. Hibaya II- Amethyst http://www.wattpad.com/2401652-the-damask-drum Drama Report Title: | The Damask Drum (Aya no Tsuzumi) | Author: | Unknown; Arthur Waley for English translation | Origin: | Japan | Characters: | The old gardener‚ the courtier and the princess | Setting: | Laurel Pond‚ the palace at Asakura | Conflict: | The princess sends a message to the gardener that she will meet him at the pond and marry him if he beats the drum which she has placed in a laurel
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