Objectives

for Understanding Drama

This unit is designed to help you develop strategies for reading and understanding plays, as well as to find ideas and develop them in writing. After completing this unit, you will be able to:

identify important visual elements in a play and explain what each contributes to the overall effect on the audience.

analyze the structure of a play, using various critical approaches.

define terms used in discussing drama (conflict, protagonist, antagonist, resolutions, and others) and apply these terms to assigned readings.

identify the theme of a play and support your interpretation with specific evidence from the text, including a consideration of visual and structural elements.

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