LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, and melodrama are the four main types of drama.

Detailed explanation-2: -Types of Drama Tragedy: a serious, solemn play based on an important social, personal, or religious issue. Comedy: a play that shows the humorous actions of characters when they try to solve social, personal, or religious problems. Tragicomedy: a play or novel containing elements of both comedy and tragedy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dramatic Sub-Genres Ever since Aristotle’s Poetics, one distinguishes at least between two sub-genres of drama: comedy and tragedy (see also Genre in Basic Concepts).

Detailed explanation-4: -There are 5 types of classic dramas that are all unique from each other: comedy, tragedy, farce, melodrama, and musical drama.