LECTURE 3

• serious subject matter about human suffering 


  TRAGEDY
• written form of a drama


  SCRIPT
• the person who writes drama

  PLAYWRIGHT
• about past events 


  HISTORY
• both tragedy and comedy are found.


  TRAGIC-COMEDY
• • absurdity of human existence 

  • originated in France in the late 1940's.

  THEATRE OF THE ABSURD
• contempt the weaknesses and wrongdoing of individuals


  SATIRE
• farfetched humorous situation


  FARCE
• talks the Western development of drama beginning 

  MODERN DRAMA
• exaggerates plot and characters 

  MELODRAMA
• FUNCTIONS OF A DIALOGUE

  1. It conveys the meaning of the play.

  2. It moves the story along from the rising action to resolution.

  3. It describes conflicts or clarifies what is happening in the present.

  4. It sets the scene and establishes the situation before the play begins.

  5. It tells about the characters of the play and provides insight into the kind of world that they inhabit.
• STAGE DIRECTIONS

  in italics in the script and often enclosed in parentheses 

           - how the setting should look like and what music and other sounds should be used. 

           - how characters should look, move and speak.

          - actor’s tone of voice, scenery and props
• STAGE DIRECTIONS

  1. Scenery and props

  2. Character’s feeling/tone of voice

  3. Character’s action or movement
• One of the major divisions of a play 


  ACT
• the place where some act occurs

  SCENE
• Struggle between opposing forces


  CONFLICT
• single significant scene involving a limited number of characters 


  ONE-ACT PLAY
•     attitude of the author towards the character, subject or audience  Example: sarcastic-Pablo

  TONE
• literal translation of Filipino words and expression into English

               Example: “Parang sinisilaban ang mga paa niya.”

                               “He acted as if his feet were on fire.”

  FILIPINISM
•                        In some longer plays, a character appears alone on stage and delivers a speech addressed to the audience. The purpose of a soliloquy is to convey the impression that the audience is listening to the character’s thoughts. Hence, the character speaks from his or her own point of view. 

  SOLILOQUY
•  

          reader is aware of something important

  DRAMATIC IRONY
•        meaning is intended to be the exact opposite (Sarcasm is a tone of voice that often accompanies verbal irony, but they are not the same thing.) 

  VERBAL IRONY
• Where future events in a story are suggested by the author before they happen. Foreshadowing can take many forms and be accomplished in many ways, with varying degrees of subtlety. However, if the outcome is deliberately and explicitly revealed early in a story (such as by the use of a narrator or flashback structure), such information does not constitute foreshadowing. 

  FORESHADOWING
•       Facts and conditions surrounding a given situation. 

  CONTEXT
•    A recurring important idea or image. A motif differs from a theme in that it can be expressed as a single word or fragmentary phrase, while a theme usually must be expressed as a complete sentence.

  MOTIF
• • atmosphere or emotional condition 

  • The mood of Macbeth is dark, murky and mysterious, creating a sense of fear and uncertainty. 

  MOOD
• represent abstract concepts and ideas in their   stories 

  SYMBOLISM
• derive from objects or non-human — for instance, a dove might represent peace, or raven might represent death.

  SYMBOLS
• A drama must follow the following criteria:

  a. Shows good planning and preparation

  b. Has a cast whose voices and movements are suitable to their roles

  c. Uses appropriate and effective props and costume