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Elements of Drama and Types of Drama

The document discusses the elements of drama and types of drama. It defines drama as a type of literature meant to be performed in front of an audience. It outlines Aristotle's six elements of drama which include literary elements like plot, theme, characters, dialogue, music/rhythm, and spectacle. It also discusses technical elements like scenery, costumes, properties, lights, sound, and makeup. Additionally, it lists seven main types of drama: comedy, opera, musical, farce, melodrama, tragedy, and tragicomedy. Examples are provided for each type.

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Elements of Drama and Types of Drama

The document discusses the elements of drama and types of drama. It defines drama as a type of literature meant to be performed in front of an audience. It outlines Aristotle's six elements of drama which include literary elements like plot, theme, characters, dialogue, music/rhythm, and spectacle. It also discusses technical elements like scenery, costumes, properties, lights, sound, and makeup. Additionally, it lists seven main types of drama: comedy, opera, musical, farce, melodrama, tragedy, and tragicomedy. Examples are provided for each type.

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Elements of Drama

and
Types of Drama
What is Drama?
• The term Drama comes from a Greek word meaning "action“ , which is derived
from the verb meaning "to do" or "to act" .

• A type of literature that is written for the purpose of being


performed in front of an audience.

• This type of writing is written in the form of a script, and the story is
told through the lines of the characters played by actors.
Elements
of
Drama
 

The elements of drama, by which dramatic works can be


analyzed and evaluated, can be categorized into three
major areas:

• LITERARY ELEMENTS

• TECHNICAL ELEMENTS

• PERFORMANCE ELEMENTS
Aristotle’s Six Elements of Drama
-Literary Elements–

Plot Theme

Characters Dialogue

Music/Rhythm Spectacle
Plot
refers to the action; the basic storyline of the play.

Six Stages in a Plot Structure


Theme
refers to the meaning of the play. Theme is the main idea or lesson to be
learned from the play. In some cases, the theme of a play is obvious;
other times it is quite subtle.

• Conflict-- between two individuals


Some
Genera • Conflict between man and a supernatural power
Themes
  • Conflict between the man and himself
Characters
The people (sometimes animals or ideas) portrayed by the actors in
the play. It is the characters who move the action or plot. 
Ch
Types of Characters

Protagonist v.s Antagonist Foil v.s Stock Character

Stereotype v.s Archetype Flat v.s Round

Static v.s Dynamic


Dialogue
This refers to the words written by the playwright and spoken by the
characters in the play. The dialogue helps move the action of the
play along.

Various An exchange between two or more characters


Soliloquy
Forms A character that is typically alone on stage delivers a long speech
which is called a soliloquy. Emotions and innermost thoughts of
the character are revealed in a soliloquy.
Of
Aside
Dialogue  This is spoken by a character to another character or to the
audience but is not heard by the other characters on stage. Asides
reveal what a character is thinking or feeling.
Music/Rhythm

While music is often featured in drama, in


this case Aristotle was referring to the rhythm
of the actors' voices as they speak.
Spectacle

This refers to the visual elements of a play:


sets, costumes, special effects, etc. Spectacle
is everything that the audience sees as they
watch the play. 
Elements of Drama in The Modern Theater
--Literary Elements–
Characters Plot

Theme Dialogue

Convention Genre

Audience
Elements of Drama in The Modern Theatre
Genre refers to the type of play. Some examples of different genres
--Literary
include comedy, Elements–
tragedy, mystery and historical play.

Convention These are the techniques and methods used by the


playwright and director to create the desired stylistic effect.

Audience This is the group of people who watch the play. Many
playwrights and actors consider the audience to be the most important
element of drama, as all of the effort put in to writing and producing a
play is for the enjoyment of the audience.
Technical Elements
Scenery (set) Costumes

Properties Lights

Sound Makeup
Scenery (set) The theatrical equipment, such as
curtains, flats, backdrops, or platforms, used in a dramatic
production to communicate environment.

Costumes Clothing and accessories are worn by actors to


portray character and period.

Properties are any article, except costume or scenery, used as


part of a dramatic production; any moveable object that
appears on stage during a performance, from a telephone to a
train.
Lights elements means that every placement, intensity, and
color of lights have to be set as needed to help communicate
environment, mood, or feeling.

Sound The effects an audience hears during performance to


communicate character, context, or environment.

Makeup includes costumes, wigs, and body paint used to


transform an actor into a character.
Performance Elements
Acting

Character Motivation

Character Analysis

Empathy
Acting
The use of face, body, and voice to portray
character.

Character Motivation 
The reason or reasons for a character’s behavior; an
incentive or inducement for further action for a
character in drama.
Character Analysis

In responding to dramatic art, the process of


examining how the elements of drama –literary,
technical, and performance –are used.

Empathy

The capacity to relate to the feelings of another.


Types
Of
Drama
7 Main Types of Drama
Comedy
Opera
Musical
Farce
Melodrama
Tradegy
Tragicomedy
Comedy
is a genre of fiction consisting of discourses or works
intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing
laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy,
television, radio, books, or any other entertainment
medium..
Examples:

Fantastica Sisterakas The Sleepover


Opera
a staged drama set to music in its entirety, made up of vocal
pieces with instrumental accompaniment and usually with
orchestral overtures and interludes.

Examples:

Sandugong Panaginip Lakangbini Zarzuela


Musical
opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are
equally important; the music is appropriate to the
action. 

Examples:

The Greatest Showman Beauty and the Beast Mamma Mia!


Farce
a comic dramatic piece that uses highly improbable situations,
stereotyped characters, extravagant exaggeration, and violent
horseplay. The term also refers to the class or form of drama made
up of such compositions.

Example:
Home Alone The Hangover The Three
Stoogies
Melodrama
is a dramatic work wherein the plot, which is typically
sensational and designed to appeal strongly to the emotions,
takes precedence over detailed characterization. 
Examples:
A Moment to Remember MIRACLE IN CELL NO. 7 HOPE
Tragedy
is a type of literature, especially drama, that is serious and sad,
and often ends with the death of the main character.

Examples:
The Shack The Last song Avengers:Endgame
Tragicomedy
is a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms.
Most often seen in dramatic literature, the term can describe either a
tragic play which contains enough comic elements to lighten the
overall mood or a serious play with a happy ending.

Examples:
My girl Best Man Holiday The Ďescendants
Thank You!!!

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