Appreciating Drama
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Appreciating Drama
Significant Dramatic Terms(3rd Lecture)
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TragedyO A play with a fatal or disastrous
conclusion.
O Example:O Sophocles Oedipus the KingO Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
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Comedy of MannersO A comedy where customs and
manners of the day are over-emphasized for the dramatic effect.
O Example:O Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night
DreamO The Importance of Being Earnest
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MelodramaO A play with a sensational plot and
marked by crude appeals to emotion.
O Douglas William Jerrold's Black Eyed Susan
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FarceO Drama intended only to amuse.
O Mark Twain: Is He Dead?O Shakespeare’s The Comedy of
Manners
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photograph from Act 1 of the original production of The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). It shows Algernon Moncrieff (left, played by Allan
Aynesworth) refusing to return Mr Jack Worthing's (Sir George Alexander) cigarette case until the latter explains the inscription
therein.
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RealismO Realism is an aesthetic mode which
broke with the classical demands of art to show life "as it is." The work of realistic art tends to depict the average, the commonplace, the middle classes and their daily struggle.
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MimesisO is a critical and philosophical term
that carries a wide range of meanings, which include: imitation, representation, mimicry, the act of resembling, the act of expression, and the presentation of the self
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ChorusO A band of singers, dancers or actors who often commented on the events of the play.
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ArchiacO No longer in ordinary use.O Wonted O Part of speech: adjective O Definition: accustomed; usual; ordinary O Example from Shakespeare: O And for your part, Ophelia, I do wish O That your good beauties be the happy cause O Of Hamlet's wildness: so shall I hope your
virtues O Will bring him to his wonted way again (Queen
Gertrude to Ophelia, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act III, Scene I).
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PrototypeO The original thing in relation to any
copy.
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The Tragic HeroO According to Aristotle, the tragic hero
has to be a man “who is not eminently good and just, yet whose misfortune is brought about not by vice or depravity, but by some error or frailty.”
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CatharsisO Catharsis is a dramatic term in
dramatic art that describes the "emotional cleansing”. It stands for an extreme change in emotion, occurring as the result of experiencing strong feelings (such as sorrow, fear, pity, or even laughter).
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Hamartia O Hamartia is described by Aristotle as
one of the three kinds of injuries that a person can commit against another person. Hamartia is an injury committed in ignorance (when the person affected or the results are not what the agent supposed they were).[3] In tragedy, hamartia is often described as a hero's fatal flaw.