Elements of Drama and One-Act Play Features

Elements of Drama

• Direct Characterization: Describes a character straightforwardly, detailing appearance, personality, or background.
• Symbolism: Represents ideas, emotions, or concepts beyond literal meaning.
• Dialogue: Reveals characters' inner thoughts and emotions.
• Foreshadowing: Hints at future events or outcomes.
• Props and Settings: Provide clues about characters' social status and occupations.
• Soliloquy: A character's speech alone on stage, revealing thoughts to the audience.
• Monologue: A character's speech to other characters.
• Flashback: Provides information about events before the play's start.
• Setting: The physical, social, and cultural environment of the story.
• Plot: The sequence of events in the play.

One-Act Play Features

• Single Conflict: Focused on one central conflict.
• Short Length: Relatively brief compared to full-length plays.
• Climax: The pivotal moment that significantly alters the play's direction.
• Setting Impact: Contributes to a play's mood or tone (mystery, suspense), but doesn't dictate characters' decisions.

Literary Techniques

• Intertextuality: Refers to the interconnectedness and referencing of other texts within a piece of literature, including references to other plays, myths, or historical events.

Staging Modalities

• Blocking: The arrangement and movement of actors on stage.

Critical Approaches

• Cultural Approach (Critical Approach): Multidisciplinary incorporating literature, art, and social/behavioral sciences.
• Marxist Approach: Examines the influence of social, political, and economic forces on characters' lives.