Drama

Drama

Dramatic text and theatrical performance
1. scripts
  Annotations:
  - -defining certain roles with particular: ->speech acts ->forms of behaviour
  1. frames
    Annotations:
    - spatio-temporal (space-time) structures saturated with meaning e.g. home, school, pub
2. secondary text (Nebentext)
3. primary text (Haupttext)
4. diskrepant awareness (different levels of information between spectators/characters)
  1. external communication
  2. infernal communication
  3. congruent awarness (spectators/characters same info)
  4. TRANSMISSION OF INFO
5. INTRODUCTION VS. EXPOSITION
  1. dramatic introduction
    1. atmosphere, Relation to to audience
  2. exposition
    1. initial/isolated
      1. prologue
        introducing characters, relevant context
        forshadowing
      2. creates suspense
      3. dramatic irony
        character is not aware of what she says/does
      4. intentional irony
        between characters
    2. integrated
      1. reveals major problem
        analytic drama
Dramatic speech
1. dialogue, polylogue, aside, monologue, soliloquy
2. conception of characters
  1. flat/round

Resource summary

	Created by Maik Seitz over 9 years ago