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Drama Maisrul: The Art of Storytelling on Stage

Drama Maisrul is a form of literature consisting of dialogue and gestures performed by actors to tell a story on stage. This drama explores the elements of plot, conflict, characters, and setting to deliver a powerful and engaging performance.

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Drama Maisrul: The Art of Storytelling on Stage

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  1. Drama Maisrul 08127552934 maisrul@yahoo.com www.roelsite.yolasite.com English Department FKIP-UNRI & UIR

  2. Drama Maisrul In general sense: Any performance having story on the stage Ex. Pantomime, Opera, Play (Theater) etc.

  3. Drama Maisrul • In Specific: A work of literature consisting of entirely dialogue, intended for actors to speak with accompanying gestures before the audience

  4. Drama Maisrul • In this sense Drama could be said as Play So the difference between Drama in general and Play: Drama belongs to any performance having story Play is drama that have dialogue as a mean to deliver the story

  5. Drama / Play Maisrul • Next time in this class whenever we talk about drama we refer to Play “Play is Drama but not all drama are play”

  6. Drama / Play Maisrul • Drama vs. Fiction In drama the story is delivered entirely by dialogue. In some parts, fiction has also dialogue, but it has narrative and description as well. In Drama, neither the audience nor the reader is conscious of the author’s existing. In Fiction, the narrative and description can give the author an opportunity to speak in his own person.

  7. Drama / Play Maisrul Elements of Drama: • Dialogue • Story (Plot) • Conflict • Characters • Theme • Action • Setting

  8. Drama / Play Dialogue • Function as • to provide necessary • factual information • - to reminice; to recall (bring to mind) • to characterize • to speculate • to foreshadow

  9. Drama / Play Story (Plot) According to Gustav Freytag, German playwright and novelist, in Die Technik des Dramas • The peak of the conflicts; no other new conflicts appear.  climax  the turning point • The main character made the decision making to put the conflicts an end  crisis Crisis/Climax Rising action/ Complication Falling action Begin/exposition Resolusion/Denuement

  10. Drama / Play Conflict The main problem in which the story talks about State the conflicts Identify the kind of the conflict Internal External Person - Person Person - Group Man - nature Group - group

  11. Drama / Play Setting To identify the relationship between the stor y and the setting Function • background • Reinforcing the theme Place/Time • Antagonist Man - nature

  12. Drama / Play Setting Function • Background: The setting is only to describe the place/time  where and when the story happen. • There’s no close relation

  13. Drama / Play Setting Function • Reinforcing the theme: The story has relationship with the setting because story tells something about the setting time/place. • There’s a veryclose relation

  14. Drama / Play Setting Function • Antagonist: If the story has external conflict; Men vs nature. • It could be close relation or not close relation • close relation : If the story is based on true story. • Not close relation : If the story is not based on true.

  15. CHARACTERS Characters Any person/individual ina story To describe the characterization of the character  from behavior/attitude  from manner  from the way of thinking 2. To find out the kinds • Round Characters • Complex Characters • Flat Characters • Simple Characters • Dynamic Characters • Antagonist • & Protagonist • Static Characters • Main/Major Characters • Minor Characters

  16. CHARACTERS CHARACTERS Round Characters • Based on the main part or roles in the story • Main/Major Characters • The character s in which the story focus on them • Minor Characters • The character sin which the story doesn’t focus on them Characters

  17. CHARACTERS • Based on the personal traits Characters who are most complex and realistic; they represent a depth of personality. They frequently possess both good and bad traits, they may react unexpetedly or become entangled in their own interior conflicts. They also called as “Complex Character” Round Characters • Dr. Jekyll in ‘Dr. Jekyll ndMr . Hyde’ • Dr. Frankenstein in ‘Frankenstein

  18. CHARACTERS They lack of realistic and have simple personality. They only concern on their own problems and interests. This character is also called “Simple Character” Flat Characters • Juana in ‘The Pearl’

  19. CHARACTERS • Based on the possibility to change • Dynamic Characters  • The character that has possibility to change • The change should be significant to the story • Static Characters • The character that still remain the same from the beginning to the end of the story.

  20. CHARACTERS CHARACTERS Round Characters Characters • Based on normative value (if the conflict between good forces against bad (evil) forces) • Antagonist  • The character that’s regarded having bad temper , mood or behavior. The character ‘s always described as the opponent of the protagonist • Protagonist  • The character is described to posses a good moral , manner or behavior. The character always struggle against the antagonist

  21. CHARACTERS • The way to interpret the characterization in a play can be based on: • 1. The name and physical appearance • 2. The individual’s patterns of action over the course of the play • 3. The way a character speaks (dialect, word choice, background of intelligence) • 4. The way a character responds • 5. What others say about the character

  22. s Symbol Something in the story that means more than what it is. It could be an object, a person, a situation that has a literal meaning in the story but suggest or represents other meanings as well. Ex. A flower or rose could mean a woman or a girl A sword could mean strength or power or have a knight’s value , like Excalibur sword from the Legend of King Arthur.

  23. s Symbol 1. Universal /International Symbol 2. Traditional/natural Symbol 3. Local/Personal Symbol Ex. 1. A flower or rose could mean a woman or a girl 2. Dragon in Europe and in China 3. Ring in “The Lord of the Ring”

  24. Drama / Play Theme Symbol The central though or idea of the story Conflict Story/plot Setting Characters

  25. s Theme 1.In form of statement; Sentence 2.The generalisation of human life 3. The central point of the story

  26. Action • Although the action of a play is suggested in the script, it is often considered as the product of the performance • The implementation of action from the script or its realization is depend on the actor/actress on the stage or from the director.

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