Modern Drama

nineteenth-century melodrama and farce. Realism gave rise to various innovations that

served to express the dramatist’s vision of what reality is. These attempts to be “ more

real than real” can be called expressionism. Realism and expressionism are the two

dominant modes of drama in the twentieth century. One focuses on the external details of

everyday life, while the other focuses on the mind and feelings and tries to show how

The word drama comes from the Greek word dran, which means “to do” or “to

act”. Besides being traditionally literary, the drama is a theatrical form. Dramatist do not

usually write with the purpose of communicating directly to the reader, as do fiction

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It is this collective sense that we must bear in

mind when we speak of play as an imitation. Tragedy focus on the individual rather than on the group. Good dramatists are aware of the resources and limitations of their medium.

Dramatists attempt to construct meaningful works in two ways: by the precise and

evocative use of words, and by careful attention to basic structure. Almost

always, a plot involves conflict, either an outer conflict between the major character and

other characters or an inner conflict in the mind of the main character, or both. All of us go to plays (or read them) so that we can,

in some way, see the reenacted impulses, fears, or aspirations that we share with others. Comedy, on the other hand, is more interested in the group.

Drama has been traditionally categorized under two main types: tragedy and

comedy.

Imitation, the first term in Aristotle’s definition, does not necessary mean a close

copying of real life. Tragedy

involves a net that tightens around the protagonists in spite of, perhaps even because of,

their efforts to escape it. The antagonists of comedy

are filled with the vices and follies of human nature, and the plot of comedy involves

their reformation, so that they become fit companies for others.

They recognize that they must tell their stories in a different way from novelists. It

focuses on the welfare of society and of the human race itself. A

play, in Aristotle’s terms, must have a plot with a beginning, middle, and end.

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