Performance in Drama and Poetry
All literature involves some kind of performance which is intended for an audience. Sometimes, however, the performative quality of a work (i.e., the fact that it is being presented to an audience) is more obvious than at others. Drama and poetry, for example, tend to emphasize overt performance more than do short stories, which more often are read silently and in solitude.
How is the more direct performative aspect of drama and/or poetry reflected in these forms? (Consider for example, each genre’s uses of literary structure, language, technique, and style.) How do these literary elements affect your reading experience?
In your post, identify key qualities of drama and poetry which emphasize their performative qualities. Discuss how these characteristics shape your reading response. Support your views with at least one example of a dramatic text and one example of a poem.
Initial posts must be 200 to 300 words in length
Clugston, R. W. (2014). Journey into literature (2nd ed.). San Diego, California: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
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Drama and poetry are often developed with the main aim of the author’s and poets intending to communicate audibly to the audience hence conversations and speeches are two elements that are a normal phenomenon in drama and poetry. Due to this, reading them in solitude can be quite interminable and confusing for the reader especially due to the fact of the action that are integrated in the textual script hence clearly demarcating their emphasis for their performance. A good example of this factors being employed in Shakespeare’s Macbeth play. Macbeth frequently converse’s with the witches and Banquo as well as the two Lords. Dramatization of the play gives life to the words of the author hence making the play rather……………………
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