It is a comprehensive art in which actors play roles on the stage and perform stories in public. Drama literature is the script of drama performance, the primary factor of drama art and the foundation of stage performance. Its characteristics are: reflecting the social life in a certain time and space; There is a strong drama conflict; Action-oriented and personality-oriented role language.
Dramatic literature has duality. On the one hand, as a literary work, it should have the same requirements as a general narrative work and should have independent appreciation value.
On the other hand, as the basis of drama performance, it can only show its full value through performance. Therefore, restricted by stage performance, it must meet the requirements of stage art.
In order to meet the requirements of stage art, drama literature must have the following unique characteristics:
(1) The structure of the script must follow the principle of high concentration of space and time;
(2) The script must have concentrated and sharp contradictions and conflicts;
(3) The script mainly relies on the characters to express their own character with their own language and actions.
There are many kinds of dramas, and there are different standards for their classification. According to the form of expression, it can be divided into words.
Drama, poetic drama, traditional Chinese opera, ballet and national drama; According to the content nature, it can be divided into tragedy, comedy and drama.
(that is, a drama that can reflect complex changes in thoughts and feelings such as sadness and joy); Depending on the aspects involved in the subject,
It can be divided into modern drama, historical drama, divine drama, science fiction drama, children's drama and children's drama. according to
On the spatial scale, it can be divided into full-length drama and one-act drama.