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Act and scene divisions depend on a number of factors , and historically a number of conventional patterns have arisen . In the plays of the ancient Greeks , for example , there was a division into five episodes or scenes , each marked ...
Act and scene divisions depend on a number of factors , and historically a number of conventional patterns have arisen . In the plays of the ancient Greeks , for example , there was a division into five episodes or scenes , each marked ...
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scene of a play may occur in a very different place , depending on the ability of a given stage to reproduce or suggest those places , and the segments of action may be widely distanced from one another in time .
scene of a play may occur in a very different place , depending on the ability of a given stage to reproduce or suggest those places , and the segments of action may be widely distanced from one another in time .
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A small built - up set in front of a cyclorama provides a point of visual interest and emphasises by contrast the actors who loom larger than life in such a scene , pecially if raised above the level of the stage on steps or platforms .
A small built - up set in front of a cyclorama provides a point of visual interest and emphasises by contrast the actors who loom larger than life in such a scene , pecially if raised above the level of the stage on steps or platforms .
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Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Aesthetic Elements of Narrative Fiction | 48 |
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