MEANING OF DRAMA
Drama is a unique and distinctive genre of literature. Drama definition is a narrative presented by actors/ actor on stage through dialogue/ monologue and live actor. Usually, dramas are stories that are acted through the combination of performance, music, dance, props etc. The audience is able to feel part of the action.
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TYPES OF DRAMA
There are four main forms of drama. They are comedy, tragedy, tragicomedy and melodrama.
COMEDY: Comedy is type of drama that aims to make the audience laugh. It’s time is light and it mostly has a happy ending
TRAGEDY: Murders, death, insanity and pain are among the most common ideas in tragedies. Main characters usually have some kind of weakness or defect that causes their downfall.
TRAGICOMEDY: Tragicomedy is a special kind of drama that combines the features of tragedy and comedy. It means that such play may be sad but have a happy ending or may be serious with some element of humor emerging throughout the whole play.
MELODRAMA: A melodrama is a dramatic work wherein the plot which is typically sensational and designed to appeal strongly to the emotion.
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Step: Teacher revises the previous topic.
Step 2: Teacher introduces the new topic.
Step3: Teacher explains the new topic.
Step4: Teacher welcomes pupils’ questions.
Step5: Teacher evaluates the pupils.
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Assignment:
List 4 types of drama
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Traditional Song and Folk Song