Art of Dramatic Writing Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives #pdf by Lajos Egri

Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives


Touchstone Books | ISBN:0671213326 | File Type: PDF, 320 pages | File size: 45.Mb | Feb. 15th, 1972
Publishing Education: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives Learn the basic techniques every successf playwright knows Among the many how to playwriting books that have appeared over the years there have been few that attempt to analyze the mysteries of play construction Lajos Egri s ic The Art of Dramatic Writing does just that with instruction that can be applied equally well to a short story novel or screenplay Examining a play from the inside out Egri starts with the heart of any drama its characters All good dramatic writing hinges on people and their relationships which serve to move the story forward and give it life as well as an understanding of human motives why people act the way that they do Using examples from everything from William Shakespeare s Romeo and Jiet to Henrik Ibsen s A Doll s House Egri shows how it is essential for the author to have a basic premise a thesis demonstrated in terms of human behavior and to develop the dramatic conflict on the basis of that behavior Using Egri s ABCs of premise character and conflict The Art of Dramatic Writing is a direct jargon free approach to the problem of achieving truth in writing