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DRAMA OVERVIEW

DRAMA OVERVIEW. GENERALLY SPEAKING, DRAMA IS MORE DOMINATED BY DIALOGUE THAN ARE FICTION

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DRAMA OVERVIEW

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    1. DRAMA OVERVIEW MORE THAN ANY OTHER LITERARY FORM, DRAMA IS A VISUAL & COL-LABORATIVE MEDIUM, DESIGNED TO BE PERFORMED BY ACTORS IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE.

    2. DRAMA OVERVIEW GENERALLY SPEAKING, DRAMA IS MORE DOMINATED BY DIALOGUE THAN ARE FICTION & POETRY.

    3. DRAMA OVERVIEW A PLAY (THE COMMON TERM FOR A DRAMATIC COMPOSITION) ALSO HAS A NUMBER OF DISTINGUISHING CON-VENTIONAL ELEMENTS (DIVISION IN-TO ACTS & SCENES, STAGE DIREC-TIONS, A LIST OF CHARACTERS, AND OTHERS).

    4. ORIGINS OF DRAMA WESTERN DRAMA ORIGINATED IN ANCIENT GREECE. THE WORD DRAMA ITSELF COMES FROM THE GREEK DRAN—MEANING TO DO, TO ACT.

    5. GREEK DRAMA (cont.) FOR SEVERAL CENTURIES BEGINNING AROUND 530 B.C.E., PLAYWRIGHTS COMPETED DURING RELIGIOUS FES-TIVALS RELATING TO DIONYSUS, GOD OF WINE & FERTILITY.

    6. GREEK DRAMA (cont.) PLAYS CAME TO BE PERFORMED IN LARGE OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATERS. (THE WORD THEATER COMES FROM THE GREEK WORDS FOR “SEEING PLACE.”)

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