LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GENRES OF LITERATURE
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drama
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poetry
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prose
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dramas are typically called plays, and their creators are known as “playwrights” or “dramatists.” Performed since the days of Aristotle (c. 335 BCE), the term “drama” comes from the Greek words (an act, a play) and (to act, to take action).
Detailed explanation-2: -A drama is a type of story acted out before an audience, often in a theater. Dramas are commonly called plays. Other forms of literature, such as novels and short stories, are meant to be read by individuals.
Detailed explanation-3: -dra·ma ˈdräm-ə ˈdram-: a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is meant to be acted on a stage : play. : a play, movie, or television production with a serious tone or subject.
Detailed explanation-4: -The word play, meaning a dramatic performance, originates from the early fourteenth century, with roots in the Greek paizo, meaning “to act.”
Detailed explanation-5: -Comedy. Tragedy. Historical. Musical theatre. Theatre of Cruelty. Theatre of the Absurd. Terminology. See also. More items