IGNOU BA/BDP BEGE-107 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT 2017-18
IGNOU BA/BDP BEGE-107 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT
2017-18
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BEGE-107 Understanding Drama Solved Assignment
2017-2018
Answer:
a. Problem Plays
Different types of Drama have existed down the ages from Greek classical theatre to the present times. Plays are categorised and labelled as tragedy, comedy, history, problem plays, poetic drama, epic drama, the theatre of the absurd, etc. The problem play is a form of drama...
b. Farce
Comedy plays focuses on pleasure and amusement. The spectators are made to feel confident that no great disaster will occur and usually the action turns out to be happy for all. Within the broad spectrum of comedy, Farce is a type of comedy...
c. Medieval plays
The medieval theatre is the time referred between the fall of Roman Empire in the 4th Century A.D. and the beginning of the Renaissance around 15th Century A.D. It covers all drama produced in Europe...
2017-2018
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1. Write Short notes on ( 5x4=20)
a. Problem Plays
b. Farce
c. Medieval plays
d. Revenge tragedy
Answer:
a. Problem Plays
Different types of Drama have existed down the ages from Greek classical theatre to the present times. Plays are categorised and labelled as tragedy, comedy, history, problem plays, poetic drama, epic drama, the theatre of the absurd, etc. The problem play is a form of drama...
b. Farce
Comedy plays focuses on pleasure and amusement. The spectators are made to feel confident that no great disaster will occur and usually the action turns out to be happy for all. Within the broad spectrum of comedy, Farce is a type of comedy...
c. Medieval plays
The medieval theatre is the time referred between the fall of Roman Empire in the 4th Century A.D. and the beginning of the Renaissance around 15th Century A.D. It covers all drama produced in Europe...
d. Revenge tragedy
Aristotle first defined tragedy in his Poetic's around 330 BC. He defined tragedy as "the imitation of an action that is serious and also has having magnitude, complete in itself", in the medium of poetic language and in the manner of dramatic rather than of narrative presentation, involving "incidents arousing pity and fear wherewith to accomplish the catharsis of such emotion." ...
2. Recapitulate the events that take place on the occasion of Caesar's murder in the play Julius Caesar (20 marks)
Answer:
William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is one of his major plays, a political tragedy. It depicts the conflict between monarchists and Republicans. The play Julius Caesar is among the greatest in English language and in Western literature. His plays are divided into three genres of tragedy, history and comedy. Julius Caesar is one among his most famous critically acclaimed plays...
3. Comment on the ending of the play Ghashiram Kotwal. (20 marks)
Answer:
Vijay Tendulkar, a literary giant among the modern Indian play-wrights reined the Indian drama over a period of five decades. He has contributed a rich crop of plays, all of which have earned him critical and popular acclaim. As an influential dramatist, several of his works have become classics of modern Indian theatre. Tendulkar's plays crossed the limits of Marathi theatre and are completely responsible for placing Indian drama on the international maps...
4. How is Joe Keller a tragic hero in the play All My Sons? Discuss. (20 marks)
Answer:
All My Sons a play by Arthur Miller was staged at the Cornet theatre in January 1947 and ran for 328 performances. The play was well constructed and realistic in nature, and it was extremely popular among the audience. All My Sons started in the middle of things and spends most of the play uncovering the facts of the past so that the audience can see the last act consequences in the present...
5. Comment on the dramatic structure of The Trial of Dedan Kimathi. (20 marks)
Answer:
The Trial of Dedan Kimathi is a play written by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o and Micere Githae Mugo that explores the British oppression in Kenya through the eyes of the leader of the Mau Mau rebellion Dedan Kimathi. The Mau Mau uprising was a revolt against colonial rule in Kenya that took place in 1952 to 1960. Dedan Kimathi, a leader of the Mau Mau uprising was arrested in 1956 and later hanged by the colonialists on February 18, 1957, at Nairobi Prison and was buried in a mass grave...
2. Recapitulate the events that take place on the occasion of Caesar's murder in the play Julius Caesar (20 marks)
Answer:
William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is one of his major plays, a political tragedy. It depicts the conflict between monarchists and Republicans. The play Julius Caesar is among the greatest in English language and in Western literature. His plays are divided into three genres of tragedy, history and comedy. Julius Caesar is one among his most famous critically acclaimed plays...
3. Comment on the ending of the play Ghashiram Kotwal. (20 marks)
Answer:
Vijay Tendulkar, a literary giant among the modern Indian play-wrights reined the Indian drama over a period of five decades. He has contributed a rich crop of plays, all of which have earned him critical and popular acclaim. As an influential dramatist, several of his works have become classics of modern Indian theatre. Tendulkar's plays crossed the limits of Marathi theatre and are completely responsible for placing Indian drama on the international maps...
4. How is Joe Keller a tragic hero in the play All My Sons? Discuss. (20 marks)
Answer:
All My Sons a play by Arthur Miller was staged at the Cornet theatre in January 1947 and ran for 328 performances. The play was well constructed and realistic in nature, and it was extremely popular among the audience. All My Sons started in the middle of things and spends most of the play uncovering the facts of the past so that the audience can see the last act consequences in the present...
5. Comment on the dramatic structure of The Trial of Dedan Kimathi. (20 marks)
Answer:
The Trial of Dedan Kimathi is a play written by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o and Micere Githae Mugo that explores the British oppression in Kenya through the eyes of the leader of the Mau Mau rebellion Dedan Kimathi. The Mau Mau uprising was a revolt against colonial rule in Kenya that took place in 1952 to 1960. Dedan Kimathi, a leader of the Mau Mau uprising was arrested in 1956 and later hanged by the colonialists on February 18, 1957, at Nairobi Prison and was buried in a mass grave...
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