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Definition and Characteristics of Drama

The document defines drama as a form of literature intended for theatrical performance, characterized by dialogue and action, often involving conflict between characters. It discusses the nature of drama as a combination of literature and theater, emphasizing its ability to engage audiences through visual and auditory experiences. Additionally, it highlights the evolution of drama from ancient Greece to modern interpretations, encouraging understanding and appreciation of literary and performing arts.

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Definition and Characteristics of Drama

The document defines drama as a form of literature intended for theatrical performance, characterized by dialogue and action, often involving conflict between characters. It discusses the nature of drama as a combination of literature and theater, emphasizing its ability to engage audiences through visual and auditory experiences. Additionally, it highlights the evolution of drama from ancient Greece to modern interpretations, encouraging understanding and appreciation of literary and performing arts.

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Definition and Nature

of Drama
Lesson
Objective/s:
•1. Define drama / stage play; and
•2. Describe the characteristics
and nature of drama.
Icebreaker:

• 1. Where do you usually see this image?


• 2. What do you think does it symbolize?
Process
Questions:
•1. What is drama / stage play?
•2. What are the nature and
characteristics of drama?
Defining Drama
• A drama play is a form of literature written
by a playwright, usually consisting of
dialogue between characters and is
intended for theatrical performance rather
than just reading in front of an audience or
a group of audience.
Defining Drama
• It is a composition in prose form that
presents a story entirely told in dialogue
and action and written with the intention
of its eventual performance before an
audience.
Defining Drama
• Drama comes from Greek words “dran” meaning "to
do" or "to act."
• It also referred to as “stage play”.
• It is a prose or verse composition, especially one telling
a serious story that was intended for representation by
actors impersonating the characters and performing
the dialogue and action and a serious narrative work or
program for television, radio, or the cinema.
Defining Drama
• This usually involves a conflict between the main
character who is the protagonist, the antagonist,
and the supporting characters.
• Drama comes in different types or genres, the
popular ones during the ancient times in Greece
were comedy and tragedy.
• Drama is defined by Aristotle as “a criticism of life,
on a stage, with action, characters and dialogue.”
Drama: It’s Nature and
Characteristics
• Drama has a two-fold nature: LITERATURE and
THEATRE.
• Performed at a variety of levels.
• Considered the type of literature that takes
advantage of people’s visual and auditory senses.
• Not limited to what you read and imagine like in a
poetry and fiction, but it brings your imagination to
life.
Drama: It’s Nature and
Characteristics
• It shows people going through some
eventful period in their lives, seriously
or humorously the speech and action
of a play recreate the flow of human
life, which come fully to life only on the
stage.
Drama: It’s Nature and
Characteristics
• According to scholars, the first forms of
drama originated in Greece at about 2500
years ago, and it evolved from being simple
choral readings in humble platforms to
complete theatrical productions that
involve elaborate sets and dozens of fully
made up actors with fantastic costumes.
Difference Between Drama
and Theater
• Drama is the actual written material or the
script.
• The theater is from the Greek word
“theastai” which means to behold.
• It is the actual production and is the
enactment and interpretation of the
written material.
Drama Play Then and Now
• In the olden days, the drama was
written in a fixed formula.
• Exposition is usually showed during the
first act, the second depicts advanced
complications, the third brought crisis
and the last part showcased resolution.
Drama Play Then and Now
• Nowadays, writers usually go outside
of the box and no longer adhere to this
formula. They are now focused on the
readers and audience in mind. In a way,
the reader becomes the director of the
drama.
@ Practical Application /
HOTS Question/s:
• 1. Why is it necessary to learn about
drama?
• 2. How can your basic knowledge about
drama help you in understanding and
appreciating literary and performing arts?
• 3. Why do people nowadays seem to lack
interest in watching drama or stage plays?
Practical Application / HOTS
Question/s:
• 1. Why is it necessary to learn about
drama?
• 2. How can your basic knowledge about
drama help you in understanding and
appreciating literary and performing arts?
• 3. Why do people nowadays seem to lack
interest in watching drama or stage plays?
Practical Application / HOTS
Question/s:
• 4. How is drama considered the type of
literature that takes advantage of people’s
visual and auditory senses?
• 5. Why is drama not limited to what you
read and imagine like in poetry and fiction,
but it brings your imagination to life?
Practical Application / HOTS
Question/s:
• 6. Why do we say that drama is a
combination of literature and theater?
• 7. Why do you think Aristotle defined
drama as “a criticism of life, on a stage,
with action, characters and dialogue?”
Let’s check your
knowledge:
• 1. Define drama / stage play.
• 2. Describe the nature and characteristics
of drama.
Pair Work
Activity
Pair Work Activity
• 1. Research one drama or stage play,
either local or foreign, featuring a
Filipino artist.
• 2. Get to know the synopsis of the stage
play, the playwright, director, screening
date / year and other significant facts
about the play.
Pair Work Activity
•3. Share the information you
gathered to a partner and present it
in class.
•4. Short presentations will be
evaluated based on the following
criteria:
Evaluation
• Short presentations will be evaluated
based on the following criteria:
• Content & Organization 25 pts.
• Oral Delivery 25 pts.
• Teamwork & Coordination 25 pts.
• Consistency and Coherence 25 pts.
TOTAL: 100 pts.
Homework
•Research on the types of drama or a
stage play.
End of Presentation

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