PART 4 总结反思

Conclusion:

1.Definition of drama

Drama is a genre of literature or style of writing, in which the words are mainly dialogue. People talking is the basic dramatic action; Drama is a play that can be performed for theatre, radio or even television. These plays are usually written out as a script that is read by the actors but not the audience.

2.Three independent origins of drama

Greek tragedy, Greek comedy, and medieval drama.

It is generally believed that Greek tragedy developed from certain Dionysian rites dealing with life and death, while Greek comedy arose from the Dionysian rites which dealt with the theme fertility. And medieval drama came out of rites commemorating the birth and the resurrection of Christ.

3.Summarize the whole history of drama.

Twice in the history of Europe, drama has sprung forth as a put of worship: when in ancient Greece, plays were performed on feast days, and when in the Christian Church of the Middle Ages, a play was introduced as an adjunct to the Easter mass with the enactment of the meeting between the three Marys and the angel at Jusus's empty tomb. The whole history of drama, then, is a distinct evolution away from religious celebration toward popular entertainment.

4.Differences between a fiction and drama as performance.

Drama is performed on stage; its dramatic effects are stage effects; the point of view of drama can not be changed on stage; plots of drama unfold more quickly.

Homework:

Search information about Hamlet online and then watch the play or the movie to get familiar with what it is about.