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MODULE 9

TOPIC – DRAMA

9.1 The Origin and Elements of a Good Drama

9.2 Other Dramatic Elements
9.3 Types of Drama
9.4 The Drama of Historical Interest
9.5 Benefits of Drama and the Role of Artists
9.6 Drama Forms

TIME FRAME: 5 hrs.

INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS DRAMA?

Drama. You've heard the word. In fact, you've probably used the word yourself. Maybe you've
said, 'Oh, she's just a drama queen,' or, 'I'm sick of all this drama.' In that context, the word
'drama' is something that has been blown out of proportion. Usually, a 'drama queen' is
someone who is over the top, an over actor.

In literature, the word drama defines a genre, or style of writing. Drama is a play that can be
performed for theatre, radio or even television. These plays are usually written out as a script, or
a written version of a play that is read by the actors but not the audience.

This is where theatre comes in. Drama, as in a play, is meant to be performed on a stage in
front of an audience at the theatre. So, drama refers to the script, while the word theatre is the
performance of the script. While it might seem completely disconnected from what we mean
when we say drama today, consider it this way: someone who is dramatic is sort of a performer
on a stage, hoping for everyone's attention. See, they're more related than you thought!

https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-drama-terms-time-periods-and-styles.html

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OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson, students are expected to:

 Recognize the origin and elements of a good drama;

 Demonstrate knowledge about the types of drama;
 Appreciate the benefits of drama and the role of artists;
 Identify the various forms of drama; and,
 Assess the drama perform by the students.

PRE-TEST

Movie Analysis. Watch ANY of the following movies below and answer the following
questions as guide for your analysis.

1. What is the title of the story and why do you think it was the title?
2. Who are the main characters of the story and how is there character development?
3. What is the story all about?
4. What is the ending of the story?
5. What is/are your insights about the movie?

Movie Choices:
1. Hello, Love, Goodbye (2019)
2. Weathering With You (2019)
3. Parasite (2019)

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Assigned Reading/text

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REVIEW OF CONCEPTS

1. Anagnorisis/recognition: point in the play during which the tragic hero experiences a kind of
self-understanding; the discovery or recognition that leads to the peripeteia or reversa

2. Antagonist: the character who opposes the protagonist.

3. Catharsis: a purgation of emotions. According to Aristotle, the end of tragedy is the purgation
of emotions through pity and terror.

4. Dramatic irony: the words or acts of a character may carry a meaning unperceived by the
character but understood by the audience. The irony resides in the contrast between the
meaning intended by the speaker and the different significance seen by others.

5. Foil: any character in a play who through contrast underscores the distinctive characteristics
of another, particularly the protagonist.

6. Freytag's Pyramid is a paradigm of dramatic structure outlining the seven key steps in
successful storytelling: exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action,
resolution, and denouement.

7. Hamartia: tragic flaw

8. Hubris: overweening pride or insolence that results in the misfortune of the protagonist of a
tragedy. Hubris leads the protagonist to break a moral law, attempt vainly to transcend normal
limitations, or ignore a divine warning with calamitous results.

9. Peripeteia/reversal: reversal of fortune for the protagonist--from failure to success or success

to failure.

10. Proscenium or proscenium stage: an arch that frames a box set and holds the curtain, thus
creating the invisible fourth wall through which the audience sees the action of the play.

11. Protagonist: the chief character in a work

12. Stock character: conventional character types whom the audience recognizes immediately.
Examples: the country bumpkin, the shrewish wife, the braggart soldier

13. Thrust or apron stage: A stage that projects into the auditorium area, thus increasing the
space for action; a characteristic feature of Elizabethan theaters and many recent ones.

14. Tragic hero: According to Aristotle, the protagonist or hero of a tragedy must be brought
from happiness to misery and should be a person who is better than ordinary people--a king, for
example. In "Tragedy and the Common Man," Arthur Miller argues that the ordinary man can
also be a tragic hero.

15. Unity of time, place, and action ("the unities"): limiting the time, place, and action of a play to
a single spot and a single action over the period of 24 hours.

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SELF-EVALUATION & POST-TEST

Acting Challenge. Make a video of you portraying an original scene or a scene from a famous
movie. You can hire other actors as your scene partner in the video if you want. You can have a
one take video or use any video editing applications such as tiktok or others. The video must be
30-60 seconds long only. Upload your videos when done on our Facebook group on or before
January 11, 2020.

Criteria:
Acting – 40%
Fidelity to original work – 15%
Production - 20%
Presentation (Costume/Props) – 10%
Dramatic Achievement – 15%
TOTAL – 100%

REFERENCES

Ramos, Arnulfo B. (2018). Art Appreciation for the New General Education Curriculum. First
Edition. 65 Arellano St., Davao City: SMKC Printshoppe

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