Drama: Literature on Stage"CHARLES O. BURGESS Old Dominion CollegeBeginning with the proposition that a good play is con- trolled by the need of the playwright to compress and objectify, Professor Burgess has prepared a book which is at once a concise study of drama as a genre and an anthology of some of the best examples of that genre. Separate chapters explore the mairf elements of the dramatic form: illusion and convention, plot, character, symbolism and other devices, theme, conclusion and cul- mination. Each element is illustrated with one or more plays which collectively cover the major periods in the history of drama from Greek tragedy to twentieth-century experimentation.Designed for Freshman English and other courses in which types of literature are introduced, this concise text effectively demonstrates how successful playwrights have made skillful use of the conventions of the stage for which they wrote."-Publisher |
Contents
Illusion and Convention | 1 |
Oedipus Rex by SOPHOCLES | 16 |
Plot | 57 |
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