《英美文学作品赏析》.ppt

Appreciation of British American Literary Works Basic Forms of Literature Drama Definition Drama, in the most general sense, refers to any work designed to be represented on a stage by actors. In its narrow sense today, it is limited to verbal drama, which usually includes tragedy, comedy, and serious plays. Basic Forms comedy tragedy farce melodrama serious play Comedy Comedy, a term which is connected by derivation with the Greek verb meaning “revel”, is a play in which the materials are selected and managed primarily in order to interest, involv