Teaching Drama Arvie

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EACHING

DRAMA

ARVIE JARIZ I.PAYOMAED – ELT


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What isDrama?Drama comes from Greek

words “dran” meaning "todo" or "to act." It alsoreferred to as “play”.


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It is a prose or versecomposition, especially onetelling a serious story that wasintended for representation byactors impersonating thecharacters and performing thedialogue and actiona serious narrative work orprogram for television, radio,

or the cinema.


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Drama is literaturewritten for performanceorat least written in a style

that would allow for stageperformance. !s a tetform, drama can be

thought of as story toldthough spoken remarks and

stage directions #$urland,


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Brief Histor of Drama


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Greek (heatre

• (he !ree" Theatre or !ree" Drama is atheatrical tradition that )ourished in ancientGreece between c. **& and c. %%& +.. in !thens.!thens was the center of ancient Greek theatre.

(ragedy #late -th century +..', comedy #/0-+..' and satyr plays were some of the theatrical

forms to emerge in the world. Greek theatre

and plays have had a lasting impacton 1estern drama and culture.


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Greek (heatre

• (he earliest dramas were designedto #orshi$ to %o&s a'&%o&&esses( s$e)i*)a++ Ba))h,s

a'& Dio's,s

• (he Greek tragedies of !eschychus,2ophocles and 3uripides were

performed annually at the springfestival of Dionysus, god of wine andinspiration.


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Decline of Drama

• Drama #e't i'to a $erio& of &e)+i'e aro,'&A.D. - #4oman 3mpire'

• Due to the Po#er of /hristia's

• !cting has been deemed at times to beunchristian, idolatrous and depraved or, worse,boring. !ctors themselves have fre5uently beenseen to be one of the humbler classes, and onlytowards the end of the 67th century did theirstatus start to improve.


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4evival of Drama

• A. D. 0123

• Me&ie4a+ Drama, when it emergedhundreds of years later, was a newcreation rather than a rebirth. (hedrama of earlier times having almostno in)uence on it. (he reason for this

creation came from a 5uarter thathad traditionally opposed any form oftheatre8 (he hristian church


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9edieval Drama

• P,r$ose5 Tea)h re+i%io'

• (ypes of acceptable drama8

2. 6Mira)+e $+as – +i4es of sai'ts.7.6 Mora+it $+as – 8ei'% %oo&9mora+

:.6 Mster $+as – +ife of /hrist


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9iddle !ges (heatre

• During the 9iddle !ges, most playswere about the +i4es of sai'tsa'&9or Bi8+e stories.


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4enaissance Drama

• R,+er5 E+i;a8eth I

• Re'aissa')e Drama is 3nglish dramawritten before the 4eformation and the

closure of theatres in 6-/%. It may also becalled early modern 3nglish theatre or#misaccurately' 3li:abethan theatre. Itincludes the drama of Wi++iam


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Mo&er' Drama

• 9odern drama involved mucheperimentation with new forms andideas. In the early part of the %&th

century, musical drama came todominate stages in


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T$es of Drama


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TRA!ED Y • attempts to ask the most basic

questions about human existence.

• one of the oldest forms of drama• usually involves serious subject matter

and the death of one or more main

characters. These plays rarely have ahappy ending.


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Basi) "i'&s oftra%e&

2.Tra&itio'a+

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. TRADITIO=AL TRA!E

(hree

(hree noteworthy periods ofhistory in which tragic drama

was produced are Greece inthe >fth century +.. ,3ngland in the late siteenth

and early seventeenthcenturies , and ?rance in theseventeenth century.


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A. TRA!I/HEROE< A=D

HEROI=E


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B. TRA!I//IR/>Mgures ofthe play are caught in a

series of tragiccircumstances.


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/. TRA!I/IRRETRIEVABILIT

Y (he situation becomesirretrievable8 there is no

turning back, no way out.


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D. A//EPTA=/E

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E. TRA!I/ VER


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;h, witherBd is the garland ofwar,

(he soldierBs pole is fallBnC =oung boys and girls

!re level now with men. (heodds is gone,!nd there is nothing left

remarkable+eneath the visiting moon

leopatraBs lament upon the


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7. MODER= TRA!EDYIt involves ordinary people

rather than nobility, and it isgenerally written in proserather than verse.


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2. Heroi) DramaIn contrasts to tragedy,however, it has a happyending or an ending inwhich the death of main

characters are considereda triumph and not adefeat.


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7. Bo,r%eois9Domesti) Drama

deals with ordinarypeople seriously but nottragically.


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:. Me+o&ramafeatures eaggerated

characters and events

arranged to create horror orsuspense or to present adidactic argument for somepolitical, moral, or social pointof view.


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/OMEDY refer to plays that are light in tone, and

that typically have happy endings. The

intent of a comedic play is to make the

audience laugh. In modern theater, thereare many different styles of comedy,

ranging from realistic stories, where the

humor is derived from reallife situations,to outrageous slapstick humor.


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E@AMPLE

Much Ado About Nothing is the mostfrequently performed !hakespearian

comedy. The play is romantically funny in

that love between "ero and #laudio is

laughable, as they never even get a

single chance to communicate onstage

until they get married. Their relationship

lacks development and depth.

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They end up merely as caricatures,

exemplifying what people face in life whentheir relationships are internally weak.

$ove between them is amusing, as

initially their communications are verysparky, and they hate each other.

"owever, they all of sudden make up, and

start loving each other.


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ORM< O /OMEDY

2. AR/E7. B>RLEE:.


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AR/E characteri%ed by greatly

exaggerated characters and

situations. #haracters tend tobe onedimensional and often

follow stereotypical behavior.


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B>RLEE

relies on knockabout, physical

humor, as well as gross

exaggeration and occasionally,vulgarity.


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Eam$+es of


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DOME


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TRA!I/OMEDY

drama that contains elements of tragedy

and comedy. (ne example of

tragicomedies is )nglish playwright

*illiam !hakespeare+s socalled

reconciliation plays, such as The Winter's

Tale --/0, which reach a tragic climax

but then lighten to a happy conclusion.


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ORM< O DRAMA1.Opera

2.Pantomime3.Creative Drama


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2. OPERAOpera is a dramatic art form,which arose during

the Renaissance.Drama in which the text is setto music and staged.


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he texts of operas aresung, with singing and stage

action near!" a!wa"s giveninstrumenta! accompaniment.


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7. PA=TOMIME

is an art of dramaticrepresentation #" means offacia! expressions and #od"movements rather thanwords. Pantomime, or mime,has a!wa"s p!a"ed a part intheater.


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Pantomime, or dum# show,

was essentia! to commediade!!$arte, an improvised

comed" that arose in 1%th&centur" 'ta!" and spreadthroughout (urope.


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:. /REATIVE DRAMA

includes dramatic activities

and games used primarily in

educational settings withchildren.


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