Hi I would like to understand about Drama as well as the course structure of the Reading Drama subject in BA English Course offered at University of Calicut?

Drama is an artistic sythesis intended to be arranged. The expression "show" is inferred from the Greek word "dran" which signifies 'to act'.

Aristotle's "Poetics" manages dramatizations. As indicated by Aristotle, the point of dramatization is to educate and please the onlookers. He says that dramatization is an impersonation of human activity.

The Origin of Drama

Show began in old Greece. Amid the celebrations of Dionysus (the divine force of nature, ripeness and wine), there was tremendously ritualized moving and singing. Two sorts of plays started from such festivals. They are disaster which spoke to the genuine side and comic drama which spoke to the lighter side of human life.

Drama as a Performing Art

Execution is the embodiment of all emotional writing. An emotional content achieves flawlessness through execution. In execution, a content advances from circumstance to circumstance. However everything in a dramatization is bound by auxiliary components like acts and scenes. The different indications of dramatization are the dialect, the setting, the signals, ensembles, make-up, and voice expansions of the performing artists. A sensible blend of these components adds to the making of importance of an execution. Show likewise fuses other components like painting, model, engineering, and music.

Drama and Theatre

The word theater has been gotten from the Greek word, theatrons which implies a put for review. It alludes to the space utilized for an emotional execution. Theater is a frame
of self-articulation and self-acknowledgment. It is a mutual workmanship including the on-screen characters and the onlookers alike. Theater is a medium to engage individuals. It depicts the contentions and battles of the circumstances. It is likewise utilized as a methods for promulgation.

BA English - Reading Drama Course Structure

Module I: Drama and Theatre

1. What is Drama?
* The Origin of drama
* A short history of English drama
* Drama as a performing art
* Drama and theatre
* Drama and society
2. Types of Theatre
*Theatre of the absurd
*The epic theatre
*Street theatre
*The theatre of cruelty
*The poor theatre
*Feminist theatre
*Ritualistic theatre
* Angry theatre
3. Genres of Drama
*Tragedy
*Comedy
* Tragi-comedy
* Farce
*Melodrama
*Masque
*One-Act play
*The Dramatic monologue.
4. Elements of Drama
*setting
*plot
*Character
* Structure
* Style
*Theme
*Audience
*Dialogue

Module II: Two Plays
5. A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen. 6. Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge

Module III: William Shakespeare
7. Macbeth