Friday, June 5, 2009

The Play's The Thing...

Yes. Finish it today, tomorrow, this weekend, Monday, because Tuesday it's due.

Plays should be dramatic (in that they are the representation of conflict on stage). Decisions about character's goals, motivation, setting, plot, and the other Aristotelean components should combine together to make a smashing play script. Again, consider the importance of style (realistic or formalistic) in relation to your main topic. Follow the unities or break them, but whatever you write should have purpose. You should think about your actor/director/producer as well as your story, plot, characters, setting, etc.

Have fun. Due 6/9

By the way, the first student to tell me what the title of this post alludes to, wins an extra credit point.

1 comment:

mcooper09 said...

Shakespeare

Hamlet:
I'll have grounds
More relative than this—the play's the thing
Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King.


Hamlet Act 2, scene 2, 603–605

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This course stresses understanding the characteristics & techniques in the literary genres of fiction, poetry, and dramatic writing. This course will continue to build on students’ reading and writing skills begun in previous creative writing classes. Readings and discussions of works by major writers in the field will be examined as inspiration and models of fine writing. This educational blog is designed for the use of the students at the School of the Arts in Rochester, NY.