Realistic and Absurd Dramatic Setting: A Comparative Study
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https://doi.org/10.36473/ujhss.v62i3.2168Keywords:
Realistic, Absurd, RealisticDrama, Setting, DramaComparativeAbstract
Dramatic setting in any work of art assumes its significance, especially in drama and all other forms of narrative, telling of the occurrence of an action in relation to themes and characters. The importance of setting lies in the fact that it is always to accompany actions: no setting means no action. Setting is the sole dramatic ingredient among all others which cannot be overlooked by any dramatist or a story teller. For any action or any event—realistic, absurd and otherwise—there must be representations of a place and time—setting—so that full understanding can be attained by the reader or the listener or the audience when exposed to a dramatic experience. This research paper consists of a study dealing with the realistic and absurd dramatic setting in an attempt to make a comparison between them both. It sheds light on significant examples taken from the dramas pertaining to both genres to highlight the significance of each kind of setting set in the dramas concerned, and at the same time it sheds light on the dramatic resources, implications and connotations which each genre’s setting may make available to the dramatists in question.
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