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TYPES OF DRAMA

TYPES OF DRAMA. Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS. TYPES. DRAMA Tragedy Comedy (dark side of life) (Light side of life)

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TYPES OF DRAMA

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  1. TYPES OF DRAMA Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  2. TYPES DRAMA Tragedy Comedy (dark side of life) (Light side of life) pity & awe Laughter Unhappy fate right in the end Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  3. Tragedy - Features Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  4. TRAGEDY (Greece) • Noble birth – characters – kings, princes…. • Thick-soled and high-heeled boot (buskin) • Tall & majestic • Misfortunes – pity • Lives of famous and powerful – fitting subjects Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  5. TRAGEDY (Greece) • Fall of a king / Ruin of a great family – impressive • Poetic language • grandeur • dignity Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  6. TRAGEDY Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  7. Modern Tragedy • Tragedies of low life • Hardy – Tess of the D’Urbervilles – dairymaid as heroine & no hero • 18th Century – Domestic Tragedy – the characters and incidents of ordinary life – middle & working class characters • George Lillo’s London Merchant – Story of Sarah Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  8. Domestic Tragedy • “Men of letters praised it. Royalty perused it in palace boudoir. Spectators flocked again and again to see it on the stage” • Masefield & Galsworthy – successful • Written in prose not in verse Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

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  10. Comedy - Features • People of less importance • Light shoe / sock – low degree • Shakespeare • Falstaff (Henry IV, Henry V & Merry Wives of Windsor) • Sir Toby Belch (Twelfth Night) • Portia (The Merchant of Venice) • Rosalind (As You Like It) • Nick Bottom (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  11. Falstaff Toby Belch Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  12. Rosalind Portia Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  13. Nick Bottom Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  14. Tragic & Comic Atmosphere Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  15. Tragic & Comic Atmosphere TragedyComedy Sombre & serious Mirthful & light Purges emotions Thoughtful / through pity & terror unalloyed laughter Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  16. Tragic & Comic Atmosphere • Greece & Rome – Pure tragedy & pure comedy – classical plays • English Lit. – intermingled, comic interludes – to heighten the effect • Same note – not sustained throughout • Shakespeare’s tragedies – happy beginning & unhappy ending Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  17. Tragic & Comic Atmosphere • Shakespeare’s comedies – unhappy beginning & happy ending • Taste of English audience – neither wholly sun nor wholly shadow • General atmosphere – towards inevitable disaster & resolution of discords Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  18. Tragic & Comic Atmosphere • Aim – pleasure • Language & artistry presentation to match the high passions & issues of the story • Above petty interests & troubles of everyday life Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  19. Tragic & Comic Atmosphere • Greek – two distinct purposes • Catharsis – purifying the feelings – moral & spiritual • To correct human errors – refining the conduct – social • Good comes out of evil – Romeo and Juliet Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  20. Tragic & Comic Atmosphere • Verse – medium • Shakespeare – comedies in blank verse • As You Like It – long conversations in prose • Tragedy – verse & Comedy – Prose – Restoration Dramatists – ornate, imaginative, witty 7 unrealistic Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  21. Tragic & Comic Atmosphere • Recent date – conversational speech • Stephen Philips – London Stage – blank verse tragedies • Blank verse – iambic pentametre • Free verse – no rhyme & metre • Change of medium – loss in splendour of language • Modern drama – prose art-form Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

  22. Thank You Nishasujatha D, Assistant Professor in English, SNMV CAS

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