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DRAMA
Definition
of DRAMA
1 a : a composition in verse or prose
intended to portray life or character or to tell a story usually involving
conflicts and emotions through action and dialogue and typically designed for
theatrical performance : play — compare closet drama
b : a movie or television production
with characteristics (as conflict) of a serious play; broadly : a play, movie, or
television production with a serious tone or subject <a police drama>
3 a : a state, situation, or series of
events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces
b : dramatic state,
effect, or quality <the drama of the courtroom
proceedings>
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Examples of DRAMA
1.
He is reading an ancient
Greek drama.
2.
I prefer drama to
comedy.
3.
His interest in drama began
at a very young age.
4.
She studied drama in
college.
5.
the dramas of
teenage life
6.
She watched the drama unfold
as they began screaming at each other.
7.
a competition full
of drama
8.
the drama of
the courtroom proceedings]
Drama
Classical Drama, recognition or discovery, as of a disguised character, one thought to be lost, or a critical fact.
(in ancient Greek choral odes) 1. the response made to a preceding strophe, while the chorus is moving from left to right.
2. the movement of the chorus. Cf. strophe. See also verse. — antistrophic, antistrophal, adj.
the climax of a play or other dramatic representation; that part preceding the catastrophe, where the action is at its height.
(in the Aristotelian concept of art, especially with reference to tragic drama) the purging of the emotions, traditionally said to be those ofpity and fear. See also psychology.
a drama expressed in dance or with dance as an integral part of its content and form.
the theories, attitudes, and techniques of a group of Soviet writers of the 1920s who attempted to reconcile ideological beliefs withtechnical achievement, especially in stage design, where effects produced were geometrical and nonrepresentational. — constructivist,n., adj.
the final resolution of the plot, following the climax.
the device of resolving dramatic action by the introduction of an unexpected, improbable, or forced character or incident.
Greek Drama, the role that is second in importance to that of the protagonist, or main character.
a dramatic monologue.
the art of writing or producing plays. — dramaturge, dramaturgist, n.
a play or drama for two characters or actors.
a dialogue for two people, especially as a complete dramatic performance or as part of one.
1. the final section of a literary work, often added by way of explanation, comment, etc.
2. a closing speech in a play, often delivered after the completion of the main action. — epilogistic, adj.
the main action of a drama, leading up to the catastrophe. Cf. protasis.
1. Greek Drama, the catastrophe or conclusion of a play.
2. Roman Drama, a comical or satirical piece added at the end of a play.
the occupation of actors; playacting.
1. a sensational drama with events and emotions extravagantly expressed.
2. an opera or a stage play with songs and music, often of a romantic nature. — melodramatic, adj.
a drama written for one actor or character. — monodramatic, adj.
Literature. a sudden change in the course of events, especially in dramatic works.
a photoplay or dramatic narrative illustrated with or related through photographs.
the principal character in the drama.
Classical Drama, the first part of a play, when the characters are introduced. Cf. epitasis. See also grammar; wisdom. — protatic,adj.
a speech in which a character reveals his thoughts to the audience but not to other characters in the play. — soliloquist, n.
the art or skill of producing or staging plays.
dialogue in single alternating lines, as found in ancient Greek drama. — stichomythic, adj.
that part of the ancient Greek choral odes sung by the chorus while moving from right to left. Cf. antistrophe.
— strophic, adj.
Greek Drama, a series of four dramas, three of them tragedies and one a satyr-play; hence, any series of four related works, literary,dramatic, operatic, etc.
the art of the theater or of acting. — theatrical, n., adj.
a mania for the theater.
Types of drama
comedy, comedy of manners, commedia dell'arte, costume piece or costume drama, farce, Grand Guignol, Jacobean,kabuki, Kathakali, kitchen sink, melodrama, morality play, mystery play, No or Noh, passion play,
Restoration Comedy, revenge tragedy, shadow play, situation comedy or sitcom, sketch, soap opera, street theatre, theatre of cruelty, theatre of the absurd, tragedy, tragicomedy
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drama
