Download or read book Strategies of Drama written by Oscar L. Brownstein and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1991-11-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work takes a phenomenological approach to analyzing the dramatic form, focusing not on the interpretation of plays, but rather on Brownstein's perceptions and their sources. The distinct aspects of the dramatic art form are discussed using a wide variety of well-known plays, from ancient Greece to the present day. Brownstein offers a theoretical survey of the "perception shift" that infuses even the smallest element of a play, the forces that are expressed through major dramatic strategies, and the ways in which a single narrative sequence may serve both prospective and retrospective strategies.