THE present dramatic epoch in France is so remarkable in some of its aspects that it seems not a little strange that no attempt—at least no attempt in English — should have been made to characterize ...

IN an introductory lecture I gave last week at Harvard, I tried to clear the ground for laying the cornerstones of a National Anglo-American drama. I tried to justify the phrase ’ National ...

Stage dramas, first and foremost, are literature. Throughout history, truly moving works of drama have always ended up becoming literary classics. Compared to other literary forms, dramatic literature ...

If you find yourself trying to break down the key elements of a perfect play, you need look no further than the Greeks! Aristotle's analysis of drama in his work Poetics identifies six key elements ...

Drama, vitally connected with other arts and disciplines, provides a fitting focus of study in a liberal arts education. Understanding this interconnectivity of drama with others fields, the ...

August Wilhelm von Schlegels Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature is a comprehensive exploration of the significance and evolution of drama and literature. Written in a scholarly and insightful ...

The Associate Professor in the Department of Criticism and Dramatic Literature at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, Nermin al-Houti, discussed why the late Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz remains ...

And the hits just keep coming for Voices of the South. Jerre Dye, the innovative theatre company’s artistic director, will be honored with The Bryan Family Award for Dramatic Literature in April ...

The development of Guyanese literature may be studied in four periods: Pre-Colombian, before 1597; Colonial, from 1597 to the end of the nineteenth century; Modern, which includes pre-independence up ...

VietNamNet Bridge – Writers and critics have said the quality of literature in Viet Nam has seen a dramatic slump in the past 15 years. VietNamNet Bridge – Writers and critics have said the quality of ...