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Drama & Oral Literature
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- 1ComedyA humorous play with a happy and/or successful ending; i.e. A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 2TragedyThe hero suffers a major downfall
A character may face death or a fate worse than death by the end; i.e. Macbeth - 3Tragic ComedyBlends both comedy AND tragedy
The hero dies or suffers a great loss; i.e. Romeo & Juliet - 4Drama*A serious play
*Consequences are not as dire as a tragedy
*Sometimes have a happy ending
*Trials to get to happy ending are much more difficult; i.e. A Streetcar Named Desire - 5Fables & Folktales*Specific to culture and/or groups
*Help form ideals/norms
*Ideals are conveyed through actions of the main character
*Generally:
*short; do not contain subplots
*didactic
*anthropomorphized; i.e. Aesop's Fables - 6Trickster Tales*Features a protagonist who has magical powers
* sometimes characterized as a collection of opposites; i.e. The Gingerbread Man. The Tale of the Tricky Fox - 7Parables*Told in allegories
*The whole story is symbolic; i.e. The Emporer's New Clothes - 8Legend & Myth* Stresses the societies values/ideals as a character
*Gives lessons
* Usually the story of a hero
*May be based on a historical person
*Embellishment is used; i.e. Robin Hood - 9Plot*Sequence of events, where each event affect the next
*5 parts: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution - 10ExpositionThe author introduces the readers to the main character
- 11Inciting IncidentThe protagonist/antagonist concludes with an inciting incident that introduces the main conflict that the protagonist will face.
- 12Rising ActionReveals and reversals
- 13Climax*Major turning point; marked by the main decision that the protagonist needs to make
*The inner part of the protagonist is revealed - 14DenouementResolution of the story
- 15ConflictA struggle between two opposing forces. Conflict provides crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the narrative forward
- 16Internal Conflict*The protagonist struggles against him/herself. Happens in the character's mind/their own decisions. The psychological world of the character--their own feelings, emotions, demons
*"Man v. Himself"
*Ex: Of Mice and Men, To Kill A Mockingbird - 17External ConflictStruggle between the character and outside force
*Ex: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Old Man and the Sea, Macbeth, The Crucible - 18Man v. ManProtagonist struggles with another character
- 19Man V. SocietyThe protagonist struggles with a group or moral issues
- 20Man V. EnvironmentThe protagonist struggles with nature/weather--much more physical
- 21Dialogue*The conversation between two of more characters
*Moves the action forward - 22MonologueA lengthy speech that one character addresses to others on stage; can be comical or dramatic
- 23SoliloquyDirected toward the audience or at no other character on stage
*Allows the audience to see into the character's train of thought
*Ex: Hamlet "To be or not to be" - 24What is the function of stage directions?*They are the instruction for the performance
*Help the audience visualize the play
*Can convey distance and movement of time
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