Art Of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives
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Art Of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives
Art Of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives

Art Of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives

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Lajos Egri (Author)  

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Lajos Egri examines a play from the inside out, starting with the heart of any drama: its characters. For it is people - their private natures and their inter-relationships - that move a story and give it life. All good dramatic writing depends upon an understanding of human motives. Why do people act as they do? What forces transform a coward into a hero, a hero into a coward? What is it that Romeo does early in Shakespeare's play that makes his later suicide seem inevitable? Why must Nora leave her husband at the end of A Doll's House? These are a few of the fascinating problems which Egri analyzes. He shows how it is essential for the author to have a basic premise - a thesis, demonstrated in terms of human behaviour - and to develop his dramatic conflict on the basis of that behaviour. Premise, character, conflict: this is Egri's ABC. His book is a direct, jargon-free approach to the problem of achieving truth in a literary creation. EU Toy Safety Directive - No warning
Lajos Egri (1888-1967) was born in Hungary and founded the Egri School of Writing in New York City in the 1930s. In addition to writing books, he spent his life writing and directing plays in both the United States and Europe, as well as writing screenplays for the film industry.
  • Contributor: Lajos Egri
  • Imprint: Touchstone
  • ISBN13: 9780671213329
  • Number of Pages: 320
  • Packaged Dimensions: 140x214x23mm
  • Packaged Weight: 322
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Release Date: 2004-05-17
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Lajos Egri (1888-1967) was born in Hungary and founded the Egri School of Writing in New York City in the 1930s. In addition to writing books, he spent his life writing and directing plays in both the United States and Europe, as well as writing screenplays for the film industry.

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