Drama: Parts and Elements
Drama, a literary form for theater or television, involves actors enacting roles with dialogue and action. Aristotle outlined key parts like plot and characters. Plot, the core, must have a structured sequence of events. Characters, with moral qualities, reveal themselves through dialogue and action. The protagonist, the central hero, drives the narrative with key decisions. Explore the essence of drama and its components through this enlightening discussion.
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I.B.(P.G.) COLLEGE,PANIPAT CLASS - B.A(3rd year) SUBJECT- ENGLISH
TOPIC-DRAMA AND ITS PARTS TEACHER S NAME- NEELAM ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH I.B.(P.G) COLLEGE , PANIPAT
MAIN POINTS WHAT IS DRAMA PARTS OF DRAMA PLOT CHARACTERS PROTAGONIST THOUGHT DICTION MUSIC SPECTACLE
WHAT IS DRAMA Drama is a literary form designed for theatre, Radio or television. It is a play written for enactment by actors. Actors take the roles of characters , perform the indicated action and utter the written dialogue. In other words ,Drama is a performative art in which a group of actors play the roles of certain characters before audience. The things which can not be presented on the stage are conveyed to the audience through symbols, suggestions and offstage sounds and utterances.
PARTS OF DRAMA Aristotle mentions the following parts of drama in his famous book Poetics Plot Characters Protagonist Thought/Theme Diction Music Spectacle
PLOT Plot is the most significant part of the drama. It is the systematic and well organized arrangement of events and incidents. A good plot should have a beginning, middle and end. It should have unity of action which means the incidents should be bound together by internal necessity. Each action should lead inevitably to the next with no outside intervention. Plot can be categorized as (a)Simple and (b) Complex. In a simple plot , the action moves continuously and uniformly in one direction without any reversal or change. On the other hand , there is an abrupt change of direction in the complex plot.
CHARACTERS Characters are imaginary persons who take part in the action of the play. They are endowed with moral and dispositional qualities that are expressed through dialogue and action. In other words , characters reveal themselves through dialogues and action. A character may remain essentially unchanged in his outlook and dispositions from beginning to end of a work or he/she may undergo a radical change either through gradual development or as the result of an extreme crisis.
PROTAGONIST THE HERO Protagonist is the central character of a dramatic work. He is the main character who takes important decisions and experiences the consequences of those decisions. He may be opposed by an antagonist.
THOUGHT/THEME/IDEA Theme refers to central idea. It can be conveyed either through dialogue or action , or can be deduced after watching the entire drama. In other words , it is the message given to audience by the dramatist.
DICTION OR STYLE Diction is choice and arrangement of words and images in literary composition . According to Aristotle, diction or style should fulfill two conditions: 1. It should be clear 2. It should not be mean He suggests the use of archaic words and metaphors according to the suitability of the plot.
MUSIC Music is an integral part of drama. The musical notes and songs can be used to push the plot forward and to move the story to a higher level of intensity. Characters passions , fears and desires can be effectively conveyed to the audience through lyrics and music.
SPECTACLE Spectacle is the scene created on the stage. It chiefly refers to the visual elements of a play i.e. sets, costumes and light. In fact spectacle is everything that the audience sees as they watch the play.
