Dramatic Structure In Plays of Tsegaye Gebre Medihin
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1994-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Based on their genres, aesthetic and soc ial values, plays may be classified as epic, abs urd , cruelty, morality, historical, religious , revolutionary and the like. Structurally also, two approaches - the conventional or Aristotelian and unconventional, fo r instance, Brechtian methods are most often excercised by various practitioners.
The purpose of this thesis is to see the appropriate application of both the conventional and unconventional dramatic structures in some of the select ed pl ays of Tsegaye.
In the introduct ory part o f this work, the general assessment of other resea rchers' ana lysis on the plays of the same a uthor is reviewed . The next theoretical chapter discusses the rules and principles of both the conventional and Brechtian epic playwriting .
In th is section , the nature o f Fr eytag's Pyramid, including its components - the exposition, comp lication and resolution parts is elabora ted. Furthermore, the necessities of the divisions of a play into scenes and acts are indicated.
Added t o the convent i ona l type o f pre s e ntation, the unique charact eristic feature of Brechtian epic theatre is also defined in this chapter . I n the ligh t of t he theor e tical djs ~ussio ns, the second ird chapters respective l y examine t k~ prnpe r usage\of the convention~l six of the plays o f the dramatist.
Last of all , the concludi ng part attempts to put all the findings of this research in a more condensed way . What is more is that this study has been supported by interviews which are held with the playwright and two senio r directors who directed several of his plays. All the discussions with the three interviwees, have separately been recorded by t ape-recorde
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Dramatic Structure in Plays