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Ch. 10 Style - Coggle Diagram

- - - - comedy of ideas
        
        Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
      - comedy of manners
        
        The School for Scandal
      - classical tragedy
        
        Oedipus Rex
      - domestic drama
        
        The Wild Duck
      - burlesque/exaggerated comedy
        
        Fefu and Her Friends
      - modern tragedy
        
        Death of a Salesman
      - satire
        
        Top Girls
      - social drama
        
        The Lower Depths , A Raisin in the Sun
      - tragicomedy
        
        A Lie of the Mind
- - - - Emotional or philosophical truth value. Universal or particular relevance.
    - - Language that calls attention to itself. The ratio of subtext to spoken dialogue.
    - - The actions of one genre mix with those of another. A simple plot. Scenes linked primarily through the play’s main idea. Entrances and exits interrupt the action before crucial information is fully revealed. Time, place, and action handled markedly “loosely” or tightly.” Values markedly clash. The ratio of narration to action in the depiction of character.
    - - Sustained and compelling enough to be memorable in itself.
    - - Handled in a historical or minimalist manner. Conspicuous presence of feelings, character descriptions, and sensory responses. Strategies for disclosure are plausible or exposed.
    - - Time that departs from linear chronology. Unfamiliar locales or familiar locales depicted in a way that is not customary or ordinary. Society that emphasizes a specific social group, describing it in particular detail.