The Big 3

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DRAMATIC LITERATURE

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COMEDY

Greek & Roman Definition

Today’s Definition

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COMICS

Chaucer

Shakespeare

Don DeLillo

Kurt Vonnegut

G.K. Chesterton

Joseph Kesselring

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TRAGEDY

Greek & Roman Definition

Today’s Definition

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MASTERS OF TRAGEDY

Shakespeare (Again?)

Cormac McCarthyJean Racine

Howard Barker

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DRAMATIC MONOLOGUES

Why are they talking to themselves?

Hamlet

Lady Macbeth

Frankenstein

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Soliloquy1

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Dramatic Monologue

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Give me 3 differences!

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

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OLD VS. NEW

Ancient Greek Theatre Modern Theatre

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WRITTEN WORK VS.

PERFORMED WORK

Writing Style

Narration Style

Dialogue Relation of Themes

Variation of Topics

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Write 1 page rating your favorite to least favorite type of dramatic literature and why.

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