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YEAR 7 FUNCTIONS AND ELEMENTS OF DRAMA. OBJECTIVES. By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to; Mention the functions of drama Explain five functions of drama List elements of drama Discuss elements of drama. FUNCTIONS OF DRAMA.
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OBJECTIVES By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to; • Mention the functions of drama • Explain five functions of drama • List elements of drama • Discuss elements of drama
FUNCTIONS OF DRAMA • EDUCATIVE: It educates people to be conscious of activities around them. • INFORMATIVE: It serves as a means of communication which creates awareness and sensitizes people to understand themselves in the society. • ENTERTAINMENT: It is an avenue to satisfy the yearning of the people when it comes to pleasure seeking. • TOLERANCE: It helps people in tolerating themselves. • THERAPEUTIC: It helps or enable patients to release tensions and also provides therapist with valuable information on and insight into the patient’s state of mind. • COOPERATION: Working together as a team can be easily achieved by watching or acting drama.
ELEMENTS OF DRAMA • SCRIPT: It is a written text of a play. • PLOT: This is the series of events which form the story of a play. (It is the story line) • DICTION: It involves the choice and use of word in literature. • CHARACTERIZATION: This is the way a playwright makes or depicts characters in a book or play to make them appear too well. • ACTOR: It is a male personality who performs on stage. • ACTRESSES: It is a woman that performs the role of an actor on stage. • STAGE: This is a raised platform in which an action takes place. • COSTUME: This involve all the garments and accessories the performer uses on stage. • MAKE-UP: It is the act of using artificial substance to change the appearance of the actor to suit his targeted character.
EVALUATION 1 • List six functions of drama • List nine elements of drama • Explain five elements of drama
YEAR 7PLAYWRIGHTS/DRAMATISTS These two words are synonymous as they both imply the same meaning • PLAYWRIGHT/DRAMATIST is being referred to as a person who writes dramatist literature or drama. (i.e scripted drama) • These works are usually written to be performed in front of a live audience by actors/actress.
Categories of Dramatists/Playwrights • Classical: These were the earliest playwrights in Western literature with surviving works. • Modern/Contemporary: These are modern time playwrights, some of whom have made some impacts in the literary world. EXAMPLES OF PLAYWRIGHTS • Hubert Ogunde(late) • Ola Rotimi • Professor Wole Soyinka (Nobel Literature Winner in Literature) • Femi Osofisan • J.P. Clark (late)
Drama Creation/ Improvisation • Playwright/Improvisation • Stories/Folktales • Music/Singing • Dance
Evaluation 2 • Who is a dramatist? Write short note on the following 1.) Classical dramatist 2.) Contemporary dramatist