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(1)DRAMA II
MODERN DRAMA
(2)LECTURE 1
SYNOPSIS
Teacher’s Intro
Course orientation
Agenda of the Talk:
Drama?
Types of drama
Elements of drama Conventions of drama A brief history of drama Dramatic terminology
Introduction to Modern Drama, how modern
Drama is different from Classical Drama
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(3)LECTURE 1
SYNOPSIS
Teacher’s Intro
Course orientation
Agenda of the Talk:
Drama?
Types of drama
Elements of drama Conventions of drama A brief history of drama Dramatic terminology
Introduction to Modern Drama, how modern
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(4)Course
Orientation
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(5)DRAMA II MODERN DRAMA COURSE ORIENTATION
Drama II builds on the knowledge of students from Drama
I, and takes them to the Modern Drama covering the elements
of Realism, Naturalism and the Absurdist in modern theater.
The plays included in the course represent:
1 the modern, western, and continental dramatic perspectives in
their true forms and themes
2 The dominant dramaturgical traditions in the history of Western
drama and performance and modernist experiments with the constituent elements of plot, characterization, language, setting, movement, or theme
3 These aspects are brought out in the plays of Ibsen, Beckett,
O’Casey and Shaw
(6)COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course introduces students to drama as one
of the dominant literary genres in both ancient and modern worlds.
Its primary goal is to help students identify
elements of drama as a literary genre and be acquainted with the history and tradition of modern drama.
This course allows students to analyze and
explore intellectual, social and religious issues relevant to the understanding of modern drama of its age and the contemporary times.
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(7)DESCRIPTION CONTINUES…
The intention is to facilitate the student’s
comprehension of the Twentiethcentury theatre describing a period of great change within the
theatrical culture of the 20th century:
a widespread challenge to long established rules
surrounding theatrical representation resulting in the development of many new forms of
theatre, including modernism, Expressionism,
political theatre and other forms of
Experimental theatre, as well as the continuing
development of already established theatrical
(8)COURSE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Students should be able to understand the relationship of
theatre to the social, environmental and political realities of the period known as Modern Drama (18371968)
Students should be able to develop
an imaginative sympathy, inquiring mind, and familiarity with the
plays of most important and innovative playwrights of the modern era
a sense of social responsibility, collaborative attitude, artistic
standards and judgment through informed critical analysis
a sound sense of the process of dramatic structural development in the
modern period
respect for the art form and cultivate a foundation for future studies in
theatre (Literature)
Students should be able to get
insight and a developed sensibility, i.e., Responsiveness to pathos. to
artistic and aesthetic values; and have begun cultivation of imaginative sympathy
familiarity with some of the works of the most important innovators of
the modem era
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(9)AUTHORS, TEXTS AND THEMES Author Age Texts/ Plays Themes and Trends
Henrik Johan Ibsen 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a major 19thcentury Norwegian playwright,
theatre director, and poet
A Doll's House "the father of realism" and the founders of Modernism in the theatre
Seán O'Casey 30 March 1880 – 18 September 1964) was an Irish dramatist,
memoirist and a committed
socialist
Juno and the Paycock (1924) written on the background of Irish Civil War, Feministic play, deals with themes of poverty and religion
Samuel Barclay Beckett
Beckett is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century Strongly influenced by
James Joyce, he is considered one of the last modernists As an inspiration to many later writers, he is also sometimes considered one of the first
postmodernists He is one of the key writers in what
Martin Esslin called the "
Theatre of the Absurd" His work became increasingly
minimalist in his later career
13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989, was an Irish avantgarde
novelist, playwright,
theatre director, and poet
Waiting for Godot (1953) work offers a bleak, tragicomic
outlook on human nature, often coupled with
black comedy and
gallows humour
George Bernard Shaw 26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950, was an Irish playwright, an
essayist, novelist and short story writer
Pygmalion (1912–13) Issues which engaged Shaw's attention included education, marriage, religion,
government, health care, and
(10)LECTURE 1
SYNOPSIS
Teacher’s Intro
Course orientation
Agenda of the Talk:
Drama?
Types of drama
Elements of drama Conventions of drama A brief history of drama Dramatic terminology
Introduction to Modern Drama, how modern
Drama is different from Classical Drama
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(11)(12)WHAT IS DRAMA?
Drama is a type of literature that is primarily
written to be performed for an audience.
When reading a play, it is important to keep
certain features of drama in mind. Some of these features relate to drama as literature; others
reflect its character as a performance
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(13)A drama is a story enacted onstage for a live audience.
(14)WHAT IS DRAMA?
Origins of Drama
The word drama comes from
the Greek verb dran, which means “to do.”
The earliest known plays . .
were written around the
fifth century B.C.
produced for festivals to
honor Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility
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(15)Like the plot of a story, the plot of a play involves characters who face a problem or conflict.
Climax
point of highest tension; action determines how the
conflict will be resolved
Resolution
conflict is resolved; play ends
Complications
tension builds
Exposition
characters and conflict
are introduced
DRAMATIC STRUCTURE
(16)DRAMATIC STRUCTURE
Conflict is a struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces. A conflict may develop . . .
between characters who want
different things or the same thing
between a character and his or
her circumstances
within a character who is torn
by competing desires
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(17)LECTURE 1
SYNOPSIS
Teacher’s Intro
Course orientation
Agenda of the Talk:
Drama?
Types of drama
Elements of drama Conventions of drama A brief history of drama Dramatic terminology
Introduction to Modern Drama, how modern
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(18)Types of Drama
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(19)TYPES OF DRAMA TRAGEDY
Tragedy: A play in which the main character experiences disaster, but faces this
downfall in such a way as to attain heroic stature.*
Even though Tragedies are
“gloomy” they are triumphant, because they inspire
exaltation at the greatness
human beings can attain even in defeat.
(20)A tragedy is a play that ends unhappily.
• Tragedies pit human limitations against the larger forces of destiny
right and wrong
justice and injustice life and death
TRAGEDY
20 • Most classic Greek tragedies deal with serious,
universal themes such as
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