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  2. Comedy - Wikipedia

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    Comedy is the third form of literature, being the most divorced from a true mimesis. Tragedy is the truest mimesis, followed by epic poetry, comedy, and lyric poetry. The genre of comedy is defined by a certain pattern according to Aristotle's definition.

  3. Process drama - Wikipedia

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    Process drama is a method of teaching and learning drama where both the students and teacher are working in and out of role. As a teaching methodology, ...

  4. Diction - Wikipedia

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    Diction (Latin: dictionem (nom. dictio), "a saying, expression, word"), [1] in its original meaning, is a writer's or speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression in a piece of writing such as a poem or story.

  5. Writing Drama - Wikipedia

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    Writing Drama (French: La dramaturgie) is a treatise by French writer and filmmaker Yves Lavandier, originally published in 1994, revised in 1997, 2004, 2008, 2011 and 2014. The English version was translated from the French by Bernard Besserglik and published in 2005.

  6. Naturalism (theatre) - Wikipedia

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    Naturalistic writers were influenced by the theory of evolution of Charles Darwin. [4] They believed that one's heredity and social environment determine one's character. . Whereas realism seeks only to describe subjects as they really are, naturalism also attempts to determine "scientifically" the underlying forces (i.e. the environment or heredity) influencing the actions of its su

  7. Screenwriting - Wikipedia

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    Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession. Screenwriters are responsible for researching the story, developing the narrative, writing the script, screenplay, dialogues and delivering it, in the required ...

  8. Domestic drama - Wikipedia

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    Domestic is derived from the Latin domus, or home. The word domestic is defined as “of or relating to the household.” Drama receives the definition of “A prose or verse composition, especially one telling a serious story, that is intended for representation by actors impersonating the characters and performing the dialogue and action,” and it is derived from the Greek word drao, to act ...

  9. Creative writing - Wikipedia

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    Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary tropes or with various traditions of poetry and poetics.