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A-Z: General definitions: Drama
Definition
That part or genre of literature that deals with the acting out in performance of literary texts. These texts therefore involve structures of dialogue and stage instructions; divisions into acts and/or scenes; and conflict between characters. The main divisions of drama are comedy, tragedy, history and satire. Mixed divisions or genres are possible such as tragi-comedy, satiric comedy and so on. Drama is intimately connected to the theatre, though drama texts may be read as well as acted out on stage.
A French word meaning type or class. A major division of type or style in an art-form. A sub-genre is a lesser division. The main literary genres are novel, short story, comedy, tragedy, epic and lyric.
a genre of drama that has a happy ending and produces laughter
A drama in which the main character falls from power, dignity and prosperity to misery, defeat and (usually) death
A genre which ridicules some one or something. It can be poetry, drama or fiction.
drama in which there is a blend of the sorrow usually found in tragedy with the humour and optimism of comedy
1. Drama, plays, with emphasis on the performance 2. The building in which plays are enacted.
