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Fields of Vision

Fields of Vision. What is drama? Dialogue Soliloquy Monologue Aside Tone Irony Stage directions. What is Drama?. Work intended for performance by actors on a stage.

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Fields of Vision

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  1. Fields of Vision

  2. What is drama? • Dialogue • Soliloquy • Monologue • Aside • Tone • Irony • Stage directions

  3. What is Drama? • Work intended for performance by actors on a stage. • Differs from poetry or fiction because written text is only one component of the work. Elements needed to bring a dramatic text to life: • actors • director • audience • A play takes place on a stage. A set is built at the place action taking place. • The set gives us information about the historical period of the play set in. • Lighting helps to convey the meaning of the play. • Primarily, it functions to illuminate the actors and the stage. • It shows the time of the day. • It also creates the atmosphere. • Sound effects plays an important role too . Music is often used to • create the atmosphere • underline significant moments. • Playwright is the person who writes plays to be performed on the stage.

  4. Fredrick Ogden Nash (1902-1971) An American poet well-known for his light verse

  5. Dialogue • It serves two functions in a play: • contributes to the story telling; • reveals characters • A playwright has two or three hours to tell his story. • A conventional technique used to give the audience information about the setting, the time, the characters and the actions. • Essential story-telling device. • Also important creating character. Audience should be able to draw conclusions about the character’s personality and background by listening the way he speaks or what he says.

  6. Comprehension • In a Home Economics room. They are making pastry. • Dorothy. • To see if they are clean. • Dorothy. • No (No chance, line 105)

  7. Analysis • 1. Lines 3-5, 8-10, 13, 16, 26-29 • 2. Steve is • well-organized: (lines 33-34); • bossy: (lines 56-57); • arrogant, sarcastic: (lines 40-41); • humorous: (line 68, line 70); • self-confident: (lines 59-62) • Gregory is • shy: (lines 38-39); • romantic: (lines 65-67) • humorous: (line 48) • submissive: (line 32) • immature: (line 63) • insecure: (line 104)

  8. Soliloquy • is a theatrical convention in which a character speaks aloud to himself. • He may not necessarily be alone on the stage. Other characters do not hear the words. • It is used by the dramatist to convey the character’s intentions, motives, feelings and thoughts to the audience. • Monologue • is similar to soliloquy, • serves the same purpose but is usually shorter and takes place in the presence of other characters. • Other characters hear what is being said. • Aside • is a related stage device, in which character expresses his thoughts in a few words or a short passage. • Other characters can not hear.

  9. Tone • The tone of voice can change the meaning of what we say. • It is important because it conveys the speaker’s attitude to what he is saying or who he is speaking to. • Determining the tone, the speaker’s personality, his attitude towards the subject and the person he is speaking to are to be kept in mind.

  10. Irony • Defined as saying something while you really mean something else. • Comes from the Greek word ‘eiron’ and widely used in literature. • The three types: • verbal irony • a contrast between what a character literally says and what means; • situational irony • when an event or situation turns out to be the reverse of what is expected; • dramatic irony • when the audience knows something that one or more of the characters on the stage do no know. • It is often used to add humor and suspense to a scene.

  11. Stage directions • Allows the playwright to intervene in the text of the play or give instructions. • They are easy to be identify in the text because they are usually written in italics. • Stage directions have several functions. They: • provide information about the setting and scenery; • describe the actions and movements of the actors; • indicate the tone in which lines should be delivered; • establish the relationship between the characters; • provide information about the characters’ personality and feelings.

  12. Analysis • provide information about the setting and scenery: • country road. A tree. Evening(line 1) • describe the actions and movements of the actors on stage: • ESTRAGON, sitting on a low mound, is trying to take off his boot. He pulls at it with both hands (line 4) • indicate the tone in which lines should be delivered: • irritably(line 15), Coldly(line 16) • give information about the characters’ personality or feelings: • Hurt(line 16)

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