ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What dramatic conventions might be used for The Visit?
A
characterization (actions, appearance, thoughts, dialogue)
B
genre, plot, structure, performance
C
settings (both time and space), staging
D
all of these
E
verbal and dramatic irony
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Technical conventions can include lighting, dialogue, monologue, set, costuming and entrances/exits. Theatrical conventions may include split focus, flashback/flashforward, narration, soliloquy and spoken thought.

Detailed explanation-2: -These conventions enable a group to create or engage with the dramatic context: the concrete particulars of the situation, characters or roles that will inform and drive the action.

Detailed explanation-3: -Any action that would be odd in real life, but accepted as normal on stage, such as a stage whisper, ensemble singing, spotlighting, the use of verse, mistaken identities, soliloquies, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -Act 1: The Exposition. Here, the audience learns the setting (Time/Place), characters are developed, and a conflict is introduced. Act 2: Rising Action. The action of this act leads the audience to the climax. Act 3: The Climax. Act 4: Falling Action. Act 5: Denouement or Resolution.

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