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There are some major differences between the elements of fictions and the elements of drama. One is that drama is meant to be preformed and acted out. Plays may even be considered incomplete until they are preformed. The plot of fiction is narrative and can be complex; it leads to a climax, the most intense part of the story. An example is Huckleberry Finn. There are many characters that all eventually connect, many of which are only small parts in the overall novel. The climax is when Huck decides to help free Jim, going against society's views. In drama, the plot must be much simpler so the viewer can follow it. There are fewer characters, which are almost stereotypical, so the audience can remember. The plot in drama is depicted almost entirely by dialog between the characters. An example of this can be found in the play Grease. The characters are all very simple and have personalities that are easily recognized and remembered.
ReplyDelete-Megan Stavens
I think that the main difference between elements of fiction and drama are the plot and characterization. In fiction, the plot is much more intricate and drawn out. Fiction is full of cause and event situations that lead to the climax of the book. In fiction, the plot may last or go on for years, for example, the book Go Ask Alice documented a girl's journey of almost 2 years. A drama could not be that long. Drama's are meant to be performed, so in order to act out a full plot and keep the audience engaged, the plot must be shorter. The other difference between fiction and drama is the characterization. In fiction the characters are more complex and harder to figure out, "round characters." In a drama the characters need to be simpler and easy to remember, often stereotypical or "stock" characters. For example in the drama Little Shop of Horrors, Audrey is the stereotyped dumb blonde.
ReplyDelete-Bethany Puniello
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ReplyDeleteI feel that one of the most prominent differences between fiction and drama is the fact that a piece of drama or a play is supposed to be performed. As Meghan said, it is sometimes considered incomplete until it is performed. However, with a piece of fiction, that is not the case. Fiction is not meant to be acted out, it is meant to be read and analyzed.
ReplyDeleteAlso, for a broad but accurate generalization about the difference between the plots of fiction and the plots of dramas, the plot in a piece of fiction seems to always be more complex. Time can pass for as long as the author deems in necessary, whereas with a play that would be extremely difficult, and usually does not happen.
One thing I have noticed as an avid reader and lover of theater is that it is much easier for a character's emotion to be potrayed in a piece of fiction than it is a play. In fiction, the writer can blatantly state or at least infer the character's emotion. With a play it is an actor's job, and even then, sometimes the audience will miss what he/she is trying to get across. For example, suppose an actress in the play How to Kill a Mockingbird is trying to potray Mayella as a tortured and slightly ignorant young girl, which is how she comes across in the novel. The actress could do very well, or she the audience could feel like she simply came across as an unintellectual individual depending on how the actress performed. This would not be possible in the novel because of the way the author describes things the audience might miss. Like the way she cautiously scans a crowd, or how she flinches when her father speaks. Those things would be much easier to observe when it is printed in a book than when it is being performed on a stage.
-Kaela Shaw
A piece of drama is supposed to be performed. This makes drama a story where most of the text is dialog between 2 or more characters. In drama there are usually less characters so the audiance can follow the overall meaning of the drama or play. A piece of fiction has a more complex plot. There are many characters that all connect sometime in the story. An example of fiction is Harry Pottor and an example of drama is Romeo and Juliet.
ReplyDelete-Kelly Myers
There are many major differences between the elements of fiction and the elements of drama. First, the plots are created in different ways. In fiction, the plot is much more extensive and carefully selected than in a drama. For example, in "Frankenstein," several detailed events occurred that led up to the climax of Elizabeth’s murder. In contrast, because of the shortage of time in a drama, the plot needs to be much simpler and less lengthy. Also, it must be clear enough for the audience to understand the storyline. Second, characterization varies between fiction and drama. In long novels, the characters involved tend to be complex, also known as “round characters.” This is because in fiction, there is time to make the reader think deeply into the personality of the character. Conversely, dramas tend to contain simple, or “flat characters.” For instance, in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” the characters had stereotypical personalities. Accordingly, the audience was able to easily recognize the characters and their traits.
ReplyDelete-Michelle Comella
The main difference between fiction and drama is the fact that fiction is more complicated, having more detail in it, where as in dramas, which are usually plays and performed on stage, the only way to know what a character feels is if they say it out loud. In fiction, the author usually describes how a character feels, how the mood feels, and other certain details about what is happening. For example, the book Frankenstein, Mary Shelley is always stating the main character's feelings, so that the reader knows what is going on. However, in a drama - for example, Romeo + Juliet - there is a lot of talking to themselves and to each other, and the actors are telling the audience how they feel.
ReplyDelete-Jessica Rand
Elements of fiction are more along the lines of detail and elaborate words that help the meaning of the literature. As for elements of drama, the use of plays and acting out is used to help the meaning of the literature. The meaning of the litature is more easy to understand in drama because the characters that act it out help you with a visual representation. An example of fiction would be "Twilight" and an example of drama would be "Romeo and Juliet".
ReplyDelete-Emma Polinski
The main difference between fiction and drama is the way that the plots are created. The plot of fictions literature is with more details and has a more elaborate vocabulary to help increase the meaning of the literature. For example in the novel "Frankenstein" has many detailed happenings that lead to the climax of the story which was the death of Elizabeth. It wasn't till the end of the novel that the climax actually happened. A drama is much shorter than a fictional novel the climax has to be much simpler and toward the beginning/middle of the novel. Not only are the plots different but the characters in the novels have different. Characters in fictional novels which are typically longer than drama novels, the characters are more complex and are known as "round characters". With a fictional story the author is able to make the reader think about the characters personality. With a novel, the characters and not as complex and are more simple known as "flat/stock characters". An example of this is in the movie Mean Girls with Rachel McAdam's is a stereotypical "bitch". Sorry if that language is not appropriate for this blogging assignment but that is the only word that came to mind when i thought of that movie.
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The major differences in fiction and drama are that fiction is more developed on paper. Certain elements such as plot, social environment and point of view are written out in detail so that the mind's eye can picture and perceive them. In a novel like "Alice in Wonderland" the author elegantly constructs the words so that you can see the plot unfold as Alice chases the White Rabbit and attends the mad tea party. In a work of drama, what is written on the paper is merely instruction for those that are going to create the visual. Bernard Beckerman says that "a play is a mere skeleton; performance fleshes out the bones." Plays are written in blurbs of dialogue with cues and actions written in; this is hardly a way for a person to read and fully grasp the feeling and meaning. It is an actor’s job to fill in the gaps in the elements with their expression and actions. In the play "Our Town," it would be very difficult to understand the true depth in the seemingly average conversation if it weren't for actors enhancing it all on a stage.
ReplyDelete-Jessica McDonald
There are many differences between the elements of fiction and the elements of drama. Drama is a literary composition involving conflict, action crisis and atmosphere designed to be acted by actors on a stage in front of an audience. This may be applied to motion picture drama as well as to the traditional stage. A drama usually involves more suspension then a fictional piece of literature, and most of the focus of the piece is on the characters and the way they act and react in certain situations.
ReplyDeleteHowever, in a fictional piece of literature the exact opposite is true. In fiction the focus is more on the plot and setting of the actual story, instead of on the behavior of the characters in the story. In a fictional story the setting is very descriptive and important to the plot. Where as in a drama the description of the setting is not very important to the development of the plot because dramas are usually acted out on a stage where the setting can be seen. We all perceive things in our own way that is why point of view, perspective and the social environment are all important to the development of a story whether it is a fictional or a drama.
Many stories are a combination of fiction and drama, for example the Disney movie we all love Snow White. The story is obviously fictional due to talking mirrors, witches, and the twelve dwarfs. However, there is an immense amount of drama when Snow White takes a bite of the delicious red apple and becomes poisoned. The audience is captivated by the fictional and drama part of the story.
In my opinion fiction and drama work hand and hand, and work very well together to produce a capturing and suspenseful story. The fiction provides a detailed plot and setting, while the drama adds suspense and complex developed characters.
~Brittany Strycharz
Fiction is just made up and drama could be a real situatuion. In fiction the setting could be made up or possible real, but in a drama the setting is most likely real.characters in fiction are most likely made up but in a drama they could be made up but based off of a real person.
ReplyDeleteA fiction book would be "Frankenstien" because it has made up characters and real setting but for the time period there was no way that a scientist could build a real human. A piece of literature that is drama would be anything wrtten by William Shakespeare because it was usally using real people or actual people and it was in a real setting and not made up places like some fiction books can be.
-Anthony Francini
There are many differences between a piece of literature being a considered fiction and a piece of literature being considered a drama. If a piece of literature, whether it's a book, a play or a television show, is considered a drama there is a problem in the story that needs to be solved, and along the way there are many complexities and exciting events that could or could not really happen in real life, usually dramatic and drawn out to make the reader interested and want to continue reading, whereas if a piece of literature is fictional you would see more things happening that couldn't happen in real life. An example of a book that is both fiction and dramatic would be "Frankenstein" because in this book, obviously you couldn't create a creature as perfect and intellectual as the on Frankenstein did. The dramatic aspect of this book would be how many different problems were happening, whether it was the monster killing another one of the people who were close to Frankenstein or Frankenstein giving up on his attempt to make his first creation happy by giving him a woman.
ReplyDelete-Becca Fritche
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Jessica McDonald, because in "Our Town," reading the book/script does not quite satisty the literature, but when it is acted out it makes more sense to the readers and to the audience that is able to watch the performance.
ReplyDelete-Jessica Rand
I think that the element of fiction is strictly based on elements that aren't real in the world, and that are fantasized about. The element of drama can tie into fiction but doesn't have to. I think that the element of drama can be more powerful if it is based into fiction, due to the author being able to create any story line they want and being able to make up any characters or problems they can have. If the element of drama occurs in a non-fiction story, it is not bad, but can be more emphasized if it is in a made up story.
ReplyDelete-Nick Merisotis
There are many major differences between the elements of fiction and the elements of drama. Fiction has more details and the plot is usually longer and more in depth. The purpose of reading fiction is to just read, understand, and analyze the work. On the other hand, drama is meant to be performed. Griffith said, "When you read a play, you miss qualities the playwright intended as part of the play." For example, when you read a play rather then watch it being acted out, you miss the scenary that the stage brings. Also, you miss the audience's reactions to the performance.
ReplyDeleteAn example of a fiction novel would be Frankenstein because it is strictly meant to be read and events in the novel are not real. An example of drama would be Romeo and Juliet because when you read the play you miss important details, hearing the language, and seeing the setting of that time period. When you watch the performance you notice and see things that you hadn't noticed before.
-Abby McCarthy
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Emma Polinski on this one. She kept it short, sweet, and to the point and I wish more things in life were like that. She makes everything so much easier to understand and her explanation of the differences between the elements of fiction and drama are just what I was looking for. I'm not so hot on the examples she used but I got the point. I would like to end this saying thank you Emma Polinski, thank you.
ReplyDelete-Shane Wilson
There are numerous differences betwixt the elements of fiction and elements of drama. One of the first major differences of these two elements is plot. In the plot of a work of fiction, the author can create a very complex plot, usually with rising actions, climax and falling actions. But, in a play, the author has to create a very simple plot that the audience will be able to grasp in one sitting. One example of a plot in a work of fiction is in the book The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The main character, Hester Prynne has committed adultery and the town wants to know the name of the other adulterer (unstable problem). Then, the climax (after the events that are linked together, which are the rising action) happens when Arthur Dimmesdale reveals that he is the father of the child. Then in the falling action, Arthur Dimmesdale dies and Roger Chillingworth (husband of Hester) also dies. But,in a drama, the plot has to be much simpler.
ReplyDeleteSince a piece of fiction is typically longer, the characters can be more intricate, but in a drama they have to be more straightforward. Griffith says a character in a work of fiction can be very complex (round) or simple (flat) because the author has the whole book to explain the characters (39). In a drama the characters are flat because they have to be simple enough for an audience to understand them through the drama. An example of a drama with flat characters is Romeo and Juliet. When performed, Romeo and Juliet are known as the ‘lovers’ through their actions and dialogue.
The setting of a drama and the setting of a book of fiction are two very different things. When a setting is used in a drama, it has to be symbolized by one or two physical items, such as a moon in Romeo Juliet. But when the author is creating a work of fiction, he/she can describe and really fashion a setting inside the reader's mind. Such setting is described in the work of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The setting is a very gothic, dark, and depressing scene at times.
-Jamie Buczko
There are noticable differences between the elements of fiction and the elements of drama. In fiction one of the main elements is imagination. Fiction is not real and takes some creativity to write it. With creativaty details are created, whether they are real or fake. There really are no limits or rules to writing fiction, it is whatever the author wants it to be. Fiction can apply to real life situations but it doesn't have to. Unlike drama there are some guildlines in making a piece of literature drama. Drama has to have a problem in the story that is either solved or left unsolved. A drama is something that has to be understood by the readers. Where with fiction it is usually left open for interpretation. A piece of literature can be a drama and a piece of fiction at the same time. It can be make belive and have a probem that can be solved.
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ReplyDeleteThere are many differences between the elements of drama and fiction. Fiction is sometimes misleading. It includes made-up or imaginary elements but also has the potential for being true, were as drama is mostly always not true. People who write fiction use fictional events and make them into patterns. It also is a more complex type of writing. Drama has many elements of fiction. Fiction and drama both have a plot, characters, theme and a setting. They also both use irony and symbolism. The main difference of drama is that it is meant to be performed. An example of drama is Romeo and Juliet and an example of fiction is Huckleberry Finn
ReplyDelete-Stephanie Bohr-
The elements of fiction and drama are very similar, they both contain a plot, symbolism, themes, and irony. However, drama is meant to be played, meaning it has to fit in a small time limit, usually only about two hours long. This means that a play can't have many dynamic characters and can't have many themes, resulting in stereotypical, or flat, characters that are easy to remember and only have a couple of themes. For example, in the play Oedipus there is only one main theme, that you cannot escape your fate; also the characters were mostly flat, underdeveloped, such as Oedipus's children and friends. In fact Oedipus is the only round character in the play.
ReplyDeleteIn a work of fiction, by contrast, it can be as long as it wants meaning a possibility for more round characters, more themes, and a bigger variety of settings. In The Lord of The Rings, many of the characters were round, or fully developed, it also took place in a whole separate world and had a variety of themes.
-Ryan Sullivan
ReplyDeleteFiction is something that is invented by imagination. The elements in fiction are usually misleading and unreal. The biggest differnece between the two is the plot. In fiction, the plot can be almost anything that will grab the readers attention, yet in drama, it must be something that the reader/audience can grasp easily. An example of fiction is Frankenstein and example of drama is Romeo & Juliet
ReplyDelete-Kara McDonagh
While the elements of fiction and drama are very similar, fiction allows for more elaborate plots,more numerous themes, and stronger and more rounded characters such as in the any of the Harry Potter books. Conversely, the elements of drama must be more concise due to the restrictions of time, so that the work will be played in an acceptable time frame. This is especially apparent in a work such as A Midsummers Night Dream where the characters have few defining characteristics and the plot seems to be rushed and jumping from scene to scene with little transition.
ReplyDelete-Matt Marchand
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ReplyDeleteFiction uses an author's view on a series of events, whereas in a drama, the author must keep the audience's views in mind while creating the piece. A piece of fiction can include many parts and scenes that the reader can think of freely, while drama is more restricted and the reader has less of an opportunity to view it in their own eyes. A drama is good in the way that it can have easier stories, themes, and other literature elements for the audience. It boils down to fiction having much, much less restraints when compared to a drama.
ReplyDelete-Ryan Sander
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ReplyDeleteAlthough drama and fiction have related elements, there is defining difference between the two. The defining factor is that fiction is meant to be read and drama is meant to be performed. Because of this the plot of drama must be kept simple, due to the time limit. Additionally, drama focuses on the future whereas fiction focuses more on the past. For example, in Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, all the characters are flat, and do not rely on character development, but on the dialogue. In fiction, the author is not forced to rely on dialogue, but creates round characters that change. Because there is no time limit, a novel can create a world in the detail and breadth in which drama cannot. The world of the novel Les Miserables is impossible to fully present in drama, but is shown only partially through sets, dress, and dialogue.
ReplyDeleteI believe that when a play is performed, it adds so much more meaning and is much more enjoyable than reading it. When reading a play, you lack the visual that is necessary and makes up the body while the play is only the skeleton.
-Jaime Trudel
Plot: In a drama you must keep the plot much more concise and simple. Someone writing fiction can make the novel as long as he/she wants and add as many plot twists and changes as he/she desires. Writing a drama you are limited to the audiences attention span.
ReplyDeleteCharacterization: In a drama the characters must be simple so the audience can follow and understand them. Many play wrights use stock characters with stereotypical and flat personalities. In fiction you are allowed to make the character introverted, you can make the character think thoughts. This is huge when developing a character and allows many opportunities for deepening the characters personality. In a drama this would be impossible. You are almost completely limited to dialogue in order to reveal things about the characters. Sure you can have the character appear on a stage reciting his/her own thoughts, but not nearly on the same level as fiction.
Setting: In drama you may not be able to create as wide and broad of world as in fiction but it definitely opens some doors. In a drama you can add a sense that you can't with fiction. This is sight. In a drama a playwright can design a set to go directly with the emotions of the dialogue during that scene. You can both have the setting and the dialogue going simultaneously together. In fiction you are forced to rely on your readers imagination and remembrance to recall the setting as the books dialogue plays out.
-Kodi Doane
Drama is different from fiction and most poetry in on essential way: It is meant to be performed. The elements of drama are the same as fiction, just written differently. The elements include the plot, characterization, theme, setting, point of view, tone, irony, and symbolism. Drama is written in a different manner because it is to be performed within a time frame. Although fiction and drama are different styles of literature i believe they have similar structures and follow the same basic elements.
ReplyDelete-Amber Pelletier
A fiction piece is meant for to be read and for paper. A drama or play is meant for the stage and to be brought to life by the actors and props. Fiction relies on its details, its what makes it fiction. The storyline or plot can be based off real events and experiences of the writer, but its the detail the writer adds that makes it fiction. The reader perceives the emotion, setting, and events through the written word while reading fiction. Where as in drama the audience relies on the actors to portray the emotions as the writer intended them. While reading fiction its easier to know what the character is feeling, because its written in black and white. While watching a show, the audience has to go off of the look on the actor's face and the context of dialouge etc. Both are works of literature, and art.
ReplyDelete- Judy Keylani
The major difference between the elements of fiction and drama is that drama is meant to be performed. In fact, in order to be considered a drama, some say that the piece must be performed. It is imcomplete until then. Many plays, incuding Romeo and Juliet, are dramas. They are fictional because they are made up, but since they are performed they are considered dramas. Frankenstein is a fiction novel and is not a drama because it was not meant to be performed.
ReplyDelete-Becky Santos
I believe the major differences between the elements of fiction and drama are plot, setting and characterization. These elements drive both kinds of literature and are very different in both literature and plays. First of all, the plot of fiction is defined as the point when an author arranges fictional events into patterns. According to the Freytag pyramid, fiction starts with an unstable situation, which starts the rising of action. During this period, there are a few casually related events, which cause each other by a kind of domino effect. At the end of the rising action, there is a climax which is the most intense event in the novel. This is followed by the falling action, a part that is usually quite brief, and the novel is finished with a stable situation. Conversely, a play does not have time to construct a complicated plot. The author must keep the plot simple and easy to understand, which means that there cannot be numerous subplots or intricate complications. For example, the novel Ethan Frome has a complicated plot and setting, which takes chapters to develop. If this novel was originally written as a play, there would not be time to explain Ethan’s background, the farm, or the numerous complications that stand in the way of Ethan and Mattie’s love.
ReplyDeleteI believe that plot and setting are intertwined because the setting is the physical, sensuous time in which the plot takes place. In a novel, the setting is the social environment. The setting may or may not take long to develop, but it is key to know where, when, and for how long the story is taking place. In drama, there is not enough time to create as detailed of a setting like a novel can, much like plot. In drama, the audience learns about the setting through the characters’ dialogue, dress, and behavior, the sets and the knowledge the audience brings to the performance. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, contains a detailed setting the entire way through. In the play The Cherry Orchard, the audience does not have enough information to complete the setting of the play; the writer assumes the audience knows the background of Russian history. This is a problem because if the audience does not know where the story is taking place, they may not be able to get into it. However, in School for Scandal, it is made clear that the setting is the upper-class English society from the polite and mannered way the characters carry themselves.
~Lynda Chamberlain
The major differences between the elements of drama and the elements of fiction lie with in the elements of characterization, plot, and setting.
ReplyDeleteFor the characterization in dramas, although sometimes they may be over dramalized, and there will be more controversial issues then in fiction pieces of literature, the characters seem to be much more relateable. As compared with in fictional stories, sometimes, the characters are completely made up and it is hard to find connections and similarites between you and them, but consiquently, this obscurity can make the book that much more interesting and manipulative.
Plot is also a very different element in fiction and drama. The plot of fictional stories seems to be more stretched out, and far from the truth. For example, Frankenstein, it is not everyday that you see a creature made out of dead bodies walking around and every now and then killing people. That's pretty illegal and dangerous. All of this compared to drama plot is different because dramas are meant to be acted out. Drama's are often like soap operas, more and more issues build up in the plot and later in the conclusion of the story they will be solved.
Another huge difference between the elements of fiction and drama would be the element of setting. Fictional stories, often times take the setting and make it into something very elaborate to the point that the dramas cannot compose the setting due to the lack of time and space. The settings in dramas seem to be less intricate because they are more focused on dealing with the resources and time that they have to create their sets and act out around them. In fictional novels, often times the settings are a huge part of the work but in dramas, the setting is merely just the place where everything is going on and is not as signifcant, the acting, and what goes into the play is what is truely important in dramas.
-Britney Curtis
The main difference between fiction and drama is the way in which the plot is formed and how long th plot is. in fiction the plot is very extensive and intricate and can strech on for a long period of time. the reason for this is that in fiction, the writer can explain wahts going on and how the characters of the story are feeling. in drama on the other hand, because it is meant to be performed, the plot is can only get so in depth before it becomes to difficult to perform. this is because the actors tell the audience what there thinking, where as in fiction the reader is told by the writer. the same kind of thing can be said about setting. unlike in fiction, where the setting can be come very very twisted and elaborate, drams need to remain simpler due to the dificulty of performance.
ReplyDelete-Peter Larson
i agree with jaime when she said, " I believe that when a play is performed, it adds so much more meaning and is much more enjoyable than reading it. When reading a play, you lack the visual that is necessary and makes up the body while the play is only the skeleton." this is so true, when a play is simly read and not acted there is no descriptjion to it because the description should be found on the set of the play.
ReplyDelete-Peter Larson
The elements of drama and fiction contain a plot, characterization, setting, theme, and irony. However, the elements of fiction are generally more complicated than those of drama. Fiction goes more in depth and pays closer attention to detail than drama. Drama will have a relatively simple and clear plot versus fiction that arranges fictional events into patterns. Furthermore, drama is meant to be performed in order to be fully enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteIf drama is solely read like fiction, than the work's meaning is not being portrayed correctly and the impact left on the audience is not as strong. When you read a fictional story such as "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut, it iss usually harder to decipher where the plot is going and when you watch a play,such as "A Midsummer's Night's Dream," you can predict and know what is going to happen before it does. However, if you read "A Misdummer's Night's Dream," you have a harder time understanding what is going on.
-Sam Burke
The main elements that differ between a drama and fiction are the plot. In a fiction work the plot may have many layers with hidden meanings and you will not understand them at first. They may have you still trying to figure it all out hours after reading them. Conversly with dramas the plot is very simplized and on the surface with easy to understand concepts. This is becauseIt is the job of the actors to give life and meaning to the plot. This is evident in when comparing "Cat's Cradle" to a drama such as "A Midsummers Night Dream".
ReplyDeleteAnother differing element is the setting. Fiction works have the opportunity to have elaborate non realistic settings. Take the "Lord of The Rings" for example. It is an entire made up planet filled with created species and the storyline is complicated and always changing. In a drama the settings are designed so that it would be possible to create sets to represent them. This is because in the end a drama is really meant to be acted out. It is for this reason that they do not go as in depth as fiction because what it lacks in writing, it is supposed to be made up for when being performed.
-Garrett Mills
I agree with Garrett on how the setting of a piece of literature differs when dealing with drama and fiction. Take X-Men for example, the setting is very fictional and is made up to keep the audience entertained. With a drama setting the producer or writer has to make it as real as possible so that the audience can relate to it. When one can relate to a setting they can relate to the drama that is being conveyed.
ReplyDelete-Aleesha Quintana
The elements of fiction and the elements of drama have several differences. The elements which are different for fiction and drama include plot and characterization. Generally, fiction has a much more complex, laid-out plot than the plot of a drama. There is often a combination of major and minor conflicts intertwined with one another in a piece of fiction. Further, there are frequently two types of conflicts in fiction: internal and external. Such a plot is evident in the fictional novel To Kill A Mockingbird. There are minor problems in this work, such as the struggle that Scout and Jem both face with the concept of growing up, which are interconnected to the major problems, like Tom Robinson’s trial and society’s view on Boo Radley. Both internal and external conflicts are evident in this book; for example, Jem and Scout’s effort against maturing is internal, while the tension between Atticus and Bob Ewell is clearly external. This example also shows that characterization is very complex in fiction as well.
ReplyDeleteObviously, the fictional work of To Kill A Mockingbird has a very complex plot. Conversely, the drama of To Kill A Mockingbird is much less complex. Various parts of the novel are obliterated in this production due to the time restraint of about two hours. Drama is very much based on the characters’ reactions to one another externally; hence it is very difficult for internal conflict to be expressed in a drama. Also, the characters in the play did not experience change in the play as much as in the novel. Clearly, drama is less complex both on the scales of plot and characterization in comparison to fiction.
One last point that others have made about drama is that it is meant to be performed, and should not be judged just by reading the script. I completely agree with this statement. I used to be in a drama program when I was younger and did a play in fifth grade. My part was a mute housemaid. (The drama teacher REALLY liked me…) Anyways, if someone had just read through the script, they wouldn’t have understood the body language that was going on between me and the father of the house, which was actually quite comical. If a person judges drama based merely on the script, they will be missing out on the best reason that people write plays, which is to see them be performed.
-Valerie Stickles
I think that the main difference between the elements of fiction and the elements of drama is the difference in depth and complexity of characters, plot and setting. In fiction, the characters are very complex and have many emotions, not all of which are easy for the reader to recognize or understand. For example, in "Frankenstein", the emotions of Victor Frankenstein are very deep and involved to the point where the reader often cannot relate to his feelings. Conversly, in drama, the characters are often shallow and they do not have extremely deep emotions. Megan gave a good example when she described the characters in Greece. Additionaly, the setting and plot in fiction are typically very ivolved and elaborate. In "Harry Potter" the setting and plot are very complex and there are so many characters that the reader needs to pay close attention in order to remember the all. In drama, however, there are usually not as many characters and the setting is often simple with only a few setting changes.
ReplyDeleteI feel that fiction and drama have many similarities but there are key differences. With fiction more events and themes can take place. The author is allowed to be more creative because it is easier to incorperate multiple themes and symbols. Fiction I feel can go into greater depth about about using unrealistic things yet tieing it into real life analogies.
ReplyDeleteI feel drama is less complex yet still meaningful becuase it is ment to be preformed on stage. Some feel drama loses its meaning not preformed. Dramas are written in a different way and the settings I feel are less complex yet just as meaningful.
Ray Cohen
The major differences between elements of fiction and elements of drama is that fiction has specific characteristics, such as plot, characters, theme, and setting, Fiction gives an author more imagination of what they can write since they are not limited to write about anything specific. Fiction has many potential for being true but details are added in, this creates fiction because some elements are false.
ReplyDeleteWhile fiction can be anything when drama is ment to be acted out or performed. Drama has some but not all the elements of fiction such as plot, characters, theme, and setting. It also contains irony and symbolism. But acting out and reading are two compleate different things. Drama is performing, while fiction is written.
-Jenna Audibert
The differences between the element of drama and the element of fiction are that drama is suposed to be performed, and most of the text is dialogue. also drama usually utilizes less characters so it is easier to follow. Fiction on the other usually has more characters, and a more complex plot. Ex. Drama: MacBeth. Ex. Fiction: Lord of the Rings(book).
ReplyDelete-PAPA BURGUNDY (Devon)
Both fiction and drama have characters and plot. Drama is written so it can be performed or acted out. This is why in drama, things can’t be to in depth or have too many characters. With too many characters, it would be harder for people to follow. Fiction is meant to be the opposite of this, complex with a big intense part of the story. For example, in the series vampire diaries, there are many characters with a big climax into the story leading into what is going to happen at the end of it. However, in the play “Our Town” there are less characters so that the audience can remember all of them throughout the performance.
ReplyDelete*Nicole Bernier*