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  2. Arabic literature - Wikipedia

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    Arabic literature (Arabic: الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: al-Adab al-‘Arabī) is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language.The Arabic word used for literature is Adab, which comes from a meaning of etiquette, and which implies politeness, culture and enrichment.

  3. Greek chorus - Wikipedia

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    Getty Villa – Storage Jar with a chorus of Stilt walkers – inv. VEX.2010.3.65. A Greek chorus (Greek: χορός, translit. chorós) in the context of ancient Greek tragedy, comedy, satyr plays, is a homogeneous group of performers, who comment with a collective voice on the action of the scene they appear in, or provide necessary insight into action which has taken place offstage. [1]

  4. Tamil script - Wikipedia

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    The earliest inscriptions which are accepted examples of Tamil writing date to the Ashokan period. The script used by such inscriptions is commonly known as the Tamil-Brahmi or "Tamili script" and differs in many ways from standard Ashokan Brahmi.

  5. Trifles (play) - Wikipedia

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    Trifles is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell.It was first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on August 8, 1916.In the original performance, Glaspell played the role of Mrs. Hale.

  6. Sinhala script - Wikipedia

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    The vowels are a subset of those for writing Sinhala, comprising long and short a, i, and u, short e and short o. The niggahīta is represented with the sign ං. As an example, below is the first verse from the Pali Dhammapada in Sinhala script, along with the corresponding romanization. [29]

  7. Satyr play - Wikipedia

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    A drinking cup, c. 490–480 B.C., depicting a maenad and a satyr.. The satyr play is a form of Attic theatre performance related to both comedy and tragedy.It preserves theatrical elements of dialogue, actors speaking verse, a chorus that dances and sings, masks and costumes.

  8. Hausa literature - Wikipedia

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    The play is performed verbally by a playwright, and mainly comprises a dialogue between characters and the playwright. The modern-day style of Hausa literature was established in 1999 by Hausa-language cinema. From that time, the cultural drama was abandoned by most Hausa natives in villages and towns due to the advancement of communication ...

  9. Gothic fiction - Wikipedia

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    The poetry, romantic adventures, and character of Lord Byron—characterized by his spurned lover Lady Caroline Lamb as "mad, bad and dangerous to know"—were another inspiration for the Gothic novel, providing the archetype of the Byronic hero. For example, Byron is the title character in Lady Caroline's Gothic novel Glenarvon (1816).