DRM100Y1 Lecture Notes - Hamburg Dramaturgy, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Form Criticism
25 Apr 2013
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Dramaturgy: giving the crew and cast information/facts/knowledge necessary to portray the characters and deliver the story. The word dramaturgy is made up of 2 greek roots: drama (= action) and ergos (= work). So dramaturgy is the work of drama or how drama works. When we talk about understanding a scene, it means being aware of the literary dramatic conventions (in lighting, scenery) that make drama go. We have dramaturgical devices that make drama work. There is a more specialized but related word for dramaturgy. A dramaturge is a person who serves as a historical, literary and philosophical consciousness of a production of a theatrical company. The person helps make an artistic vision reality. Dramaturges collaborate with playwrights and make suggestions for revisions. Dramaturgy as an idea, as a practice can be a key word under which we assemble the kind of learning and thinking that we do in a class like drm100.
