Where Learners are asked about their research into the dramatic style of the period of a piece and how this has affected the way the piece is performed, it is worth remembering first of all that different dramatic styles allow for differentiation between different plays and different eras.
Dramatic style is used to describe a drama that is created from a distinctive mode of expression or style from a particular period of time, ideological movement or manner of writing from a particular author.
It is the way in which a play is presented on stage, and any era will have different styles with which the chosen authors might connect or innovatively break away from.
Dramatic style can be identified by features in the play based on the essence of the period (seen in the writing) in which it is set so influences seen could be:
- Scientific
- Religious
- Cultural
- Prevalent belief system
Dramatic Style uses an understanding of this to create a presentation of a play, scenery, costumes, anything that will influence the style of the production.
We define style as: how thoughts are expressed in literary composition, the specific characteristics of the scene, including choice of words, syntax and genre syntax
The starting point should always be the dramatic style of the period when a piece was written. If the piece itself has been written to depict an earlier era, than an informed discussion will naturally move onto the dramatic style of the period that the writer wishes to depict.