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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aLee, Lance
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Death and Life of Drama :
_bReflections on Writing and Human Nature /
_cLance Lee.
264 1 _aAustin :
_bUniversity of Texas Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2005
300 _a1 online resource (272 p.)
336 _atext
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tPart I Immediate Issues --
_tOne. By the Ocean of Time --
_tTwo. The Heavy as Opposed to... --
_tThree. Moral Substance and Ambiguity --
_tFour. Complexity vs. Fullness --
_tPart II The Cooked and the Raw --
_tFive. The Cooked and the Raw --
_tSix. The Smart and the Dumb --
_tPart III The Lost Poetics of Comedy --
_tSeven. The Lost Poetics of Comedy --
_tPart IV The Nature of Dramatic Action --
_tEight. The Weight of the Past --
_tNine. The Weight of the Wrong Decision --
_tTen. The Nature of the Hero’s Journey --
_tPart V The Death and Life of Drama --
_tEleven. The Death and Life of Drama --
_tAppendix: A Case Study --
_tNotes --
_tFilm and Drama List
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aWhat makes a film "work," so that audiences come away from the viewing experience refreshed and even transformed in the way they understand themselves and the world around them? In The Death and Life of Drama, veteran screenwriter and screenwriting teacher Lance Lee tackles this question in a series of personal essays that thoroughly analyze drama's role in our society, as well as the elements that structure all drama, from the plays of ancient Athens to today's most popular movies. Using examples from well-known classical era and recent films, Lee investigates how writers handle dramatic elements such as time, emotion, morality, and character growth to demonstrate why some films work while others do not. He seeks to define precisely what "action" is and how the writer and the viewer understand dramatic reality. He looks at various kinds of time in drama, explores dramatic context from Athens to the present, and examines the concept of comedy. Lee also proposes a novel "five act" structure for drama that takes account of the characters' past and future outside the "beginning, middle, and end" of the story. Deftly balancing philosophical issues and practical concerns, The Death and Life of Drama offers a rich understanding of the principles of successful dramatic writing for screenwriters and indeed everyone who enjoys movies and wants to know why some films have such enduring appeal for so many people.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)
650 0 _aMotion picture authorship.
650 0 _aPlaywriting.
650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / General.
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