Types of drama-from the aspect of expression

From the aspect of artistic expression, it can be divided into: drama, opera, ballet, opera, etc. 1. Drama is characterized by dialogue as the main means of expression. Dialogue must be a standardized literary language, easy to understand, easy for the audience to accept and suitable for reflecting life. 2. Opera is a form of drama that combines vocal music and instrumental music, so it is also called musical drama. Some operas only sing, without monologues and dialogues, while others have both. The lyrics and music of opera are very important, and the language of lyrics should be the language of poetry. 3. Dance drama is a dramatic art that combines dance, music and drama. Its characteristics are: the development of the plot and the shaping of the characters are mainly expressed by the actors' dance movements (and musical language). 4. Traditional Chinese opera is a traditional drama variety. It is a special art that centers on the performance of actors and integrates literature, music, dance, art, martial arts and acrobatics.

types of drama-from the aspect of space

According to the length of space, it can be divided into one-act drama and full-length play. 1. One-act drama is a short drama with its own scene. Due to the strict time and scene restrictions, the plot is required to be compact, and the spear-shield conflict develops rapidly, but the basic parts of the plot-beginning, development, climax and ending should be shown. 2. full-length play is a large-scale drama. Large capacity, complicated story. Because it shows the interval of time and the shift of space by changing scenes, it can transfer events that are not convenient to perform on the stage to the background, deal with events in different times and spaces, and reflect a broader social life.

The types of drama-from the aspects of content and nature

From the aspects of content, nature and aesthetics, there are tragedies, comedies and dramas. 1. Tragedy: generally speaking, it is a dramatic art style that takes the suffering, misfortune and death (destruction) of tragic characters as the theme, and arouses people's feelings of sadness, fear and praise through the performance of tragic conflicts in which the noble, just and great behaviors of great people or ordinary people are denied. There are four main types of tragic art in the west: one is the tragedy of fate, and the tragedy in ancient Greece is mainly the tragedy of fate, such as Prometheus Bound; Second, the tragedy of personality, mainly refers to the tragedies of the Renaissance, such as Shakespeare's four tragedies Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth; The third is social tragedy, which mainly refers to the tragedy that appeared in the 19th century and focused on excavating the social causes of tragedy, such as La Traviata by Dumas. The fourth is vicious tragedy, which refers to all kinds of irresistible catastrophic tragedies.

the types of drama-from the aspects of content and nature

2. Comedy: it is a kind of drama style that ridicules bad habits, exhorts kindness and expresses characters' character in a humorous and funny way. Generally speaking, the ending of comedy is always happy and happy. Comedy can be divided into satirical comedy and humorous comedy according to the different nature of conflict. Satire comedies mostly reflect the contradiction between the enemy and ourselves, and their protagonists are generally clowns or villains, whose role is to expose and criticize; Humor comedy reflects some weaknesses or shortcomings of characters, and its protagonist is generally a positive character or a good person with shortcomings. In addition, comedies are divided into slide comedies, personality comedies, world comedies, lyric comedies, light comedies, farce and other types.

types of drama-from the aspects of content and nature, etc. 3. drama: it is a type between tragedy and comedy. In drama literature, there are a lot of dramas. In most cases, social life is not simply tragic or comic, but mixed with sadness and joy.

types of drama-from the aspect of the epochal theme

from the aspect of the epochal theme, there are historical dramas and modern dramas: 1. Historical dramas refer to plays based on historical events and historical figures. Dramatic works with real historical figures and events as the theme, which are prepared by the author's artistic processing. 2. Modern drama: mainly refers to dramas, operas, dance dramas, etc. introduced from the west since the 2th century, with drama as the main body, while foreign dramas generally refer to dramas.