Definitions
literature: writing in prose and poetry of recognized excellence valued for their personal imaginative expression of life writing is not literature unless it give the reader pleasure which arise not only form the things said but
from the way in which they are said
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Criticism:
Pragmatic Criticism : judge the literary work in term of the truth of representation of the reality of the world
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Mimetic Criticism: judge on literary work as something designed to produce emotion or moral responses in the reader
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Expressive Criticism: it views a literary work as an expression of the individuality of it's author
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Objective Criticism: it focuses on the qualities of the literary work. treating it as an object of art that can be studied and evaluated
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Drama: it is a work literature that describe life and human activity by means of representing various actions and dialogues among character
it is designed for theatrical presentation so, it is a from of literature as well as a representational art. it is also enterainment . it create a world moody on our own. but it's truth doesn't depend on reproducing the world exactly as it is time is the short and space is limited faced with the limitation in the stage
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Dialogue: the give and take of dialogue is a highly specialized form of conversation. we adjust, our style to meet the need of the people with whom we are talking and we reinforce our words with a wide range of facial expression and bodily gestures
dialogue is formulated not only that it can be heard by characters talking to one another on stage but also it can be over heard and understood by the audience in the theater. it help to know the public several
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Character: characters in the play are not the same as people in real life. Real people live in the world as it is Biological affect the behaviour of real people
Although, Aramatic characters are not real people they are endowed with human Capacites, they talk, act and interest with one another we should note weather they are major or minor characters
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Protagonist: the central figure or character
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Antagonist: a character who stands in direct opposition to protagonist, or in conflict with central character. in some cases the antagonist may be is a group of people, or some force in nature, or some aspect of the central personality
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Plot: highly specialized from of experience. it is a brief discussion of what actually happens in a general way
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Theme: central,
or dominating idea, what does the play
?mean
the basic meaning is our major concern
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Style: the way the play is written. we think of diction on, the use of figurative language and pattern of imagery
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The Physical world of the play: explaining the location where does action take place?
do we move from one place to another or do we stay in one home almost the whole time
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Rising Action: it is the entire first part of the play in which the forces ( character nature) creating conflict one enlarged and prepared for some disaster
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Introduction (flash back): it precedes the rising action. it is a short section in the beginning in which we are made (acquainted with) certain facts or events which have occurred before.
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Climax: a major turning point in the play usually because the hero know some new information or knowledge on determination
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Falling Action: the falling action follows the climax and usually present the ways in which the hero is slowly over powered. it doesn't last long as the rising action
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Catastrophe: (solution): it is amain final action of the play and often a death, usually the death of the hero or the heroine or both
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Act: a major section or subdivision of the action of drama
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Scene: a subdivision of a play or an act of play .it is used to refer to the location in which the action is supposed to occure. the concept of what constitutes a scene has varied from period to period and from one culture to another
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Actor: the performer who impersonates in the theater
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Stage Direction: the information provided in addition to the dialogue to help a reader visualize the setting, character's and action
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Narrator: the teller of the story can be the first person or it can be third person narrator. a first person narrator is an "I" who may be the major character or minor character. a third person narrator who does give a voice who may be can subjective comment or an objective who doesn't comment; idea and opinion
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