dramatic composition — noun a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc. • Syn: ↑dramatic work • Hypernyms: ↑writing, ↑written material, ↑piece of writing • Hyponyms: ↑play, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
dramatic composition — In copyright law, a literary work setting forth a story, incident, or scene from life, in which, however, the narrative is not related, but is represented by a dialogue and action; may include a descriptive poem set to music, or a pantomime … Black's law dictionary
dramatic play — noun a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway • Syn: ↑play, ↑drama • Derivationally related forms: ↑dramatic (for: ↑drama), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
dramatic art — noun the art of writing and producing plays • Syn: ↑dramaturgy, ↑dramatics, ↑theater, ↑theatre • Derivationally related forms: ↑theatrical (for: ↑theater), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
dramatic work — noun a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc. • Syn: ↑dramatic composition • Hypernyms: ↑writing, ↑written material, ↑piece of writing • Hyponyms: ↑play, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Dramatic structure — is the structure of a dramatic work such as a play or film. Many scholars have analyzed dramatic structure, beginning with Aristotle in his Poetics (c. 335 BC). This article focuses primarily on Gustav Freytag s analysis of ancient Greek and… … Wikipedia
dramatic literature — Introduction the texts of plays that can be read, as distinct from being seen and heard in performance. The term dramatic literature implies a contradiction in that literature originally meant something written and drama meant… … Universalium
Dramatic monologue — M. H. Abrams notes the following three features of the dramatic monologue as it applies to poetry: A single person, who is patently not the poet, utters the speech that makes up the whole of the poem, in a specific situation at a critical moment… … Wikipedia
Composition (visual arts) — The Art of Painting by Jan Vermeer, noted for his subtle compositions In the visual arts – in particular painting, graphic design, photography and sculpture – composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work … Wikipedia
composition — noun 1 MAKING A WHOLE (U) the way in which something is made up of different parts, things, members etc: There were dramatic changes in the composition of the committee after the election. (+ of): He s doing research into the chemical composition … Longman dictionary of contemporary English