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1、DramaSelectedReadingsofEnglish&AmericanDrama英美戏剧选读AnIntroductiontodrama1.WhatIsDrama?Adramaisaworkofliteratureoracompositionwhichdepictslifeandhumanactivitybymeansofpresentingvariousactionsof,anddialoguesbetweenagroupofcharacters.Anditisdesignedfortheatricalpresentation.WhatIsDr
2、ama?OriginsofDramaTheworddramacomesfromtheGreekverbdran,whichmeans“todo.”Theearliestknownplays...werewrittenaroundthefifthcenturyB.C.producedforfestivalstohonorDionysus,thegodofwineandfertilityTwomanifestationsofaplayItisaliterarywork,anorderofwordsonapagetoberead.作为文学文本的戏剧(2)Iti
3、saperformance,anorderofspeechesandvisualeffectspresentedonastage.作为舞台表演的戏剧2.Whydowestudydrama?a.tolearnwhatmeaningothershavemadeoflife,b.tocomprehendwhatittakestoproduceaworkofart,c.togleansomeunderstandingofourselves.Dramaproducesinaseparate,aestheticworld,amomentofbeingfortheau
4、diencetoexperience,whilemaintainingthedetachmentofareflectiveobserver.Togreatplaywrights,thetheatreisameansofprobinghonestlyandcourageouslyforthemeaningoflifeandmysteryofexistence.Alltheworld’sastageAndallthemenandwomenmerelyplayersTheyhavetheirexitsandtheirentrancesAndonemaninhi
5、stimeplaysmanyparts…------WilliamShakespeareThatiswhywemusthaveatheatre,foraboveall,thetheatreplacesmaninthecentreoftheworld.wemusthaveapointofadventurousstillness,thequieteyeofthestorm,fromwhichtowitnesstheageoldrevelationofamanchallengingGodintheworkingoutofhisfate.----------Ar
6、thurMillerHowdowelearntheplays?1.Introducetheplay.(characters,plot,themes,andmostimportantofallwhatisyourcomments)=presentation2.Watchtheplay.3.Role-playingofchosenscenes.(everyonemusttakepartintheactivitiesintwoplays)4.Discussionoftheplayifnecessary.TheoriginofwesterndramaTheWes
7、terndramatictraditionhasitsoriginsinancientGreeceGreektragedy,originatedinthedithyrambattheDionysiaof534BC,theleadsingerofthedithyramb,amannamedThespis(泰斯庇斯),addedtothechorusanactorwithwhomhecarriedonadialogue.TheelementsandStructureofDramaAristotlecategorizeddramaintosixelements
8、inhis“Poetics”inorderofimportanceashevie