Table Dramatic genres of literature (classification)
November 12, 2020 | Education
| Dramatic genres | description |
Tragedy | A kind of drama based on sharp, irreconcilable life conflicts; the character of the hero is revealed in an unequal, intense struggle, dooming him to death |
Comedy | The kind of drama in which the situations are characteristic are presented in laughter, comic forms; here exposing human vices and revealing the negative aspects of life |
Drama | A literary work that depicts a serious conflict, a struggle between the characters |
Vaudeville | Type of drama, light play with verses, entertaining intrigue, romances, dances |
Interlude | A short comic play or scene enacted between the acts of the main play, and sometimes in the text of the play itself. Sideshows are of several types: 1) an independent genre of folk theater in Spain; 2) gallant-pastoral scenes in Italy; 3) an inserted comic or music scene in |
