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    Realism In A Doll's House

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    of the realistic style in Literature. Realism is showing people real life without visualizing a fake life for the audience. Ibsen can thus be seen as one of the principle creates and well-springs of the whole modern movement in drama, having contributed to the whole modern movement in drama, having contributed to the development of all its diverse and often seemingly opposed and contradictory manifestation: the ideological and political theater, as well as the introspective, introverted trends which

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    A Literal Review on Oppression: An One-act Comedy by Xilin Ding After having read the excellent one-act drama by Xilin Ding, I was amused by the humorous dialogue and plots. At the same time, I feel that there are some pent-up feelings I must talk about. This play uses a humorous way to express the agony of the playwright about the bitter experience of his friend who later died a nasty death. The topic of oppression and anti-oppression is supposed to be serious, but in this play, the playwright

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    Shingeki : Westernization of Japanese theatre. This essay will discuss the extend of which the pioneers of Shingeki managed to adapt western style drama and incorporate it in their particular style, by analysing their approaches and expectations. Through a comparison between Japan’s oldest and most traditional theatre style and Shingeki , translated in English as New Theatre, mentioning other forms of traditional style that were touched by the western influence, , this essay aims to highlight the

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    development of modern Indian English poetry. She has successfully been able to assert herself through her poems. She, through her literary gift of poetry, has been able to pour her heart out; as a result of which, we, through her poems, are able to look into her subjective, anguished, tortured and painful psyche which in turn has rated her as one of the greatest confessional poets. Focusing on another genre of Indian English literature, I move on to bring to the fore the development of drama. India has

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    one . . . into the shortest possible period, so that the performance may more closely resemble reality and thus be more nearly perfect . . .I should be willing to concede that a whole city has unity of place . . . to make ancient rules agree with modern pleasure.”(Three Discourses of dramatic poetry) The mission of this paper is

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    This essay will analyse the challenges Seamus Heaney faced during the process of translation and writing, including his own conscious effort to make the play suitable for a modern audience. It will demonstrate how Heaney’s use of language and poetry aided in presenting modern ideas through the timbre of Irish/English diction and idiom in an attempt to make the play more ‘speakable’. Identifying features of Greek theatrical conventions and how Heaney used these to shape his play. Heaney also presents

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    Aristole's View on Drama

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    Preamble Drama is an aspect of literature represented in performances and has been a part of the world for many decades. Drama originated in classical Greece around the fifth century B.C. The earliest performances took place in amphitheaters, which the Greeks invented to incorporate plays in their religious and civic festivals. These Greek festivals were huge theatrical events filled with three days of drama. The structure of the amphitheater allowed for an audience of thousands to observe the

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    It was the home of the great works of ancient Greece and Rome. The term “classical Greece” is associated to the period between the Persian Wars at the beginning of the 5th cen. B.C. and the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. Greek drama comes from the songs and dance in the ceremonies honoring Dionysus at Athens. In the fifteenth century B.C. tragedy developed by three of the greatest dramatists. They are Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. They followed Aristotle’s dramatic unity

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    Roman theatre initially began in 240 BC when Greek theatre was discovered and translated to Latin, then being brought to Rome. The first drama was held at Ludi Romani, the Roman Festival or the Roman Games. This occurred just before Rome became an empire in 27BC. There were many types of these festivals during a year for all sorts of reasons according to history. Theatre was, and is a diverse art form. It ranged from festival performances, street theatre, and acrobatics to eloquent tragedies

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    Theatrical Realism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatrical_realism Theatrical realism was a general movement that began in the 19th-century theatre it remained present through much of the 20th century developed a set of dramatic and theatrical conventions with the aim of bringing a greater fidelity of real life to texts and performances Realism is the literary term applied to compositions that aim at a faithful representation of reality, interpretations of the actualities of any aspect of life

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