Discussion Topic Think about the experiences you've had with
dramatic texts, including seeing live performances
or film adaptations. How does the era in which a
play was written affect your ability to enjoy it or
understand it? How is it different to read or see a
play written more than two millennia ago (such as
tragedies and comedies from ancient Greece)
compared to a few centuries ago (for example,
Shakespeare or others from the Renaissance) or
one produced in the last 100 years?
Is there something like a modern sensibility to
more recently written dramatic works that helps
you connect better to them than to works from
past centuries? Are there traits in older forms of
drama that engage you because they are NOT
modern? Describe the traits of drama that keep
you engaged as well as characteristics that make
it challenging to do so.