Understanding Drama and its elements

This section will explain some basic terms and terminologies are concerned with literary drama and technical skills of reading literary texts of this kind.

Succession will be discussed about the anatomy of literary drama, plot or storyline, Aristotelian dramatic structure, character story or the characters, the language, ideas or themes, and encouragement or motivation.

Anatomy of Dramatic Literature

Though not all, but most of the drama texts divided in half. A round in the play is part of a play that encapsulates all the events going on in one place at a certain time sequence.

A round usually divided again in scenes. A scene is part of a round the limits prescribed by the turn of events since the arrival or departure of one or more characters to the stage.

Another very important part and outwardly distinguishes literary fiction drama of another kind is dialogue. Dialogue is part of the play in the form of a conversation between one character to another. Once pentinya position in the literary drama dialogue, so without him, a literary work can not be classified into a literary drama.

Generally the drama of literary texts have other parts that rarely absent, ie author instructions. Hint author is part of the script to explain to the reader or crews staging-as director, actor, and artist-about the state of the art, atmosphere, event or actions, and the nature of characters.

Another is the prologue of the manuscript, but not all have the prologue script. Prolog is a part of the script written by authors at the beginning. Basically the prologue is an introductory text that can contain one or more statements or opinions of the author of the story that will be presented.

Besides, there is also a prologue epilogue. Epilogue typically contains author conclusions about the story; conclusions sometimes accompanied by counsel or message.

Soliloquy is another part of a play. Soliloquy is a convention, which is an accepted thing that the reader or viewer as a reasonable within the framework of literary drama.

Aside is part of the play is spoken by one of the characters and is shown directly to the audience with an understanding that there are other characters on stage do not hear.

Plot or Plot

The plot or storyline is a series of events connected with each other causation. A playwright formulate a plot to achieve several goals, which include terpanting to express ideas. In addition it also has the function of capturing plot, guide, and direct the attention of the reader or the audience. Although the messages to be delivered in a drama is a valuable message, if the audience does not feel attracted to works that were created, the ideas or the message will not reach the target. Tasks carried attract readers or viewers by using the plot elements.

Tension (suspense) is the first element of the plot. Plot both will cause a strain on the reader or the audience through kemamuannya to cultivate and nurture curiosity and kepenasaran audience from start to finish.

The second element is a surprise (surprise). Author of good will develop the story in such a way that the allegations reader or audience is always wrong and turn events toward another unexpected and even shocking.

Dramatic irony can form statements or acts of characters that seemed to predict what will happen next. The irony is created so as not to interfere with the loss of the element of suspense and surprise. In contrast, dramatic irony precisely to support the other two elements. Dramatic irony will lead readers and viewers more curious on the one hand, on the other hand will reinforce the impression that ensued impromptu events were associated closely with what happened before.

Aristotle's Dramatic Structure

Digunakana dramatic structure to maintain the continuity of the law of cause and effect from the beginning to the end of the story. In the conventional stories, dramatic structure dramatic structure employed is Aristotle. (384-322 BC) from the works of Sophocles (495-406 BC).

The structure is a union of the parts, that if one of the parts altered or tampered with, or corrupted will change the whole structure. As for the parts that are exposition, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion.

The exposition is the beginning or the opening of a literary drama. Complications or penggawatan a continuation of the exposition and the increase thereof. In this section, one of the characters started to take the initiative to achieve certain goals. However, the results of the initiative is uncertain. Thus arises the premises gravity.

Complications disusl climax, the next part of the dramatic structure of Aristotle. In this section the parties opposing or conflicting, opposite to do the calculation that determines the last. Resolution following the climax. In this section all the problems posed by the initiative of leaders.

The last part is the conclusion. In this section the fate-the fate of the characters is definitely the plot and storyline, as well as expands physiology (function) to express the author's thoughts and attract and maintain the attention of the reader or the audience, as well as express and develop the character of the characters.

Story figures or characters

The story is presented in a drama totkoh figures are generally in the form of humans, other animals or other creatures. Thus it can be said that the characters are people who take part and experience the events or any of the events described in daam plot.

The nature and position of the characters in a wide variety of literary drama. There's that are important (major) and some are classified within the category is not important (minor). There are domiciled as the protagonist, the character first initiative and thus act as a driver of the story. The protagonist is a character who first got in trouble and faced with kesukara-distress. Usually her readers empathize.

Opponents protagonist is an antagonist, the role as a barrier and a problem for the protagonist. Another character is a confidant, that figure or figures that mediates the confidence of both the protagonist or the antagonist so that they can speak up on stage, and therefore more opportunities for readers or viewers to get to know the character and intentions of the characters with better.

The character of the leaders is not only a driving force for the event, but also an element that causes the gravity of the problems that arise in these events. Behavior and words of the characters that will undoubtedly arouse concern and lead the reader or audience sensitive to understand, appreciate, and the author concludes thoughts.

Language

The element plays a very important language. in relation to the plot, language has several roles. Language also move the plot and storyline. Language also explains the background and atmosphere of the story. Through the language spoken by the characters or the author instructions, we know about the place, time or times and circumstances in which the story took place.

Language also create important role in the story. Language is very important to do with the character. In addition to the actions, the nature of the characters portrayed by what he said or what was said by another character about him that language plays a major role in expressing the ideas of the author. Even if the figures do not reveal the author's thoughts directly, the reader or the audience will conclude the ideas was mainly through the language works alongside the characters.

Mind Fruit or themes

If an artist belonging to the group of the so-called intellectuals, it means that as a member of society he is always alert and pay attention to what is going on around him. A dramatist or playwright must first find the problem, meaning he saw the gap between reality (das Sein) and expectations (das sollen).

Elements of the ideas in literary drama which consists of issues, opinions, and the author's message is direct and intuitive scrutiny by the reader or audience is good. Fruit minds is the final destination to be revealed by the plot, characters, and language. Therefore, the notion just a guideline and the unifying elements of other drama.

Encouragement or Motivation

One element that is not less important than the other elements is a motivation. Motivation is the element that determines both the act and the conversation (dialogue) spoken by the characters, especially the main character or protagonist. If you want to understand, appreciate, and enjoy literary works of drama, should be attempted as soon as possible to capture the main motivation in the work.

Appreciate Steps relationship with Dramatic Elements.

The first step in the appreciation of the drama is the involvement of the soul, which is an event when the reader or audience listening to thoughts and feelings of the author in relation to the problems encountered in his life.

The second step in the appreciation of the drama is the ability of the reader or the audience to see the connection logic (logical) between the movements of thoughts, feelings, and imagination with drama elements contained in the work. In the second step initermasuk appreciation of drama as well as expressing the thoughts playwright.

The third step in the appreciation of works of drama is achieved when the reader or audience memasalahkan and find or not find an association (relevance) between the ideas of the author with personal experience and the experience of community life in general. In this level, the reader or viewer to establish whether the playwright's ideas is useful, both for themselves and for society.