Form and style

in drama
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Kadek Lasmini 1541121013
Karina Wardani 1541121051
Form in drama
Form and the kinds of it.
 Art is the formulation or organization
of a special vision of nature or of some
aspect of human life.

Form is the ordering or organization of

this specific vision of nature or life as the
artist sees it at the time.
 Agent and the action

Human characters are the agents and The

dramatist formulates an action

A change toward unhappiness to happiness

tends to become serious for the agents
involved in the action.

The change may be significant and

permanent
 Agent and the action

The characters involved must have stature.

They can gain stature in terms of themselves of

what they intrinsically are and what they do and
in terms of what they stand for or signify.

Thus the common man may be given stature to

the extent that he is made to represent a
whole class or type.
 Agent and the action

A serious action involving characters significant

enough to win our sympathy and admiration as
they suffer and act against threats to their
happiness will arouse in us fear for the outcome
of their predicaments and pity for their
misfortunes.

These powers, fear and pity, are the distinctive

powers of the dramatic form known as tragedy.
 Agent and the action

The creation of a play requires the ordering and

organization of all the parts of its structure.

✣ The action must be shaped into a plot.

✣ The agents or character must be given those
attributes which will make their speech and
action probable.
✣ The dialogue must be instilled with meaning
and significance.
✣ The visual happenings must be rightly
arranged.
 Tragedy and comedy

Tragedy Comedy
(Exploration of the meaning of life and (Exploration of social man/ complement
nature of man) of tragedy)

✣ Power : fear and ✣ Power : laughter

pity and ridicule
✣ Nature : good and ✣ Social : exposes
evil deficiencies in
✣ Assertion : dignity human nature
and nobility ✣ Assertion : laughter
and
complementing
Style in drama
Style and the influences
Style is the way in which the means of
rendering are joined to the manner

Style is the product of the age, the

author’s view of life, and the way he
chooses to tell his story
 Style and its influences

Style is likewise determined by the particular vision

of the play wright, his view of life and his conception
of its meaning.

Example:
Shakespeare’s style and Ben Jonson’s style.

Mid-nineteenth style is dominant in romantic and

so-called expressionistic.

Modern style is dominant is realistic and

naturalistic.
 Style by realist
Tangible world of man and
things, the commonly
apprehensible world, as the
ultimate reality, whereas
the romanticist is apt to
find reality in less
mundane, more intangible
world of poetry and
imagination.
(the ideal, colorful, and the
imaginative)
Concentrates upon the
perceptible details of man
and his environment as
seen through the eyes of the
artists. Produce the best
sign of reality that lies
behind and beyond tangible
and observable phenomena.
(Appearance might be complex,
so we have to render behind its
appearance)
Thank you!