Drama, Tragedy, Non-Fiction - Schema

Drama

A play in a theatre or on television or radio, or plays and acting generally.

The elements of Drama

• >> A playwright (a person who writes plays) the addresser;
• >> A written text (the play) the message;
• >> Actors, director, designers, musicians the performance;
• >> Audience the addressee.

Come message

>> Text dy

Trage

Dy Tragedy

Tragedy

A play about death or suffering with a sad end, or this type of play generally.

Prologue, Chorus, Unities, Catharsis

A prologue is a small piece of writing that is presented at the beginning of a report or a long write up.

The chorus may be traced back to the dramas of ancient Greece where a group of actors danced, sang and delivered lines.

The quality of catharsis is an emotional release.

According to psychoanalytic theory, this emotional release is linked to a need to release unconscious conflicts.

Tragedy and Comedy

A play about death or suffering with a sad end, or this type of play generally.

A film, play or book which is intentionally funny either in its characters or its action.

Climax climax

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Asc e Happy

Chaos

Calm ending

Catharsis

Non-fiction

Prose accounts of real people, places, objects, or events.

Essay, Diary, Biography, Autobiography

In an essay an authorial voice typically invites an implied reader to accept as authentic a certain textual mode of experience.

A personal record of events, experiences, thoughts, and observations

The story of a person's life, written by another.

An account of a person's life written or otherwise recorded by that person