Art Of Dramatic Writing

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Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives

By Lajos Egri

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Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri offers a comprehensive guide on crafting compelling and effective stories, focusing on the importance of character development, premise, and conflict. Egri delves into the principles that underpin dramatic storytelling, providing insights and examples to illustrate his concepts. This educational piece aims to equip writers with the tools necessary to create engaging and dynamic narratives.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you're keen on understanding the core principles of crafting compelling and authentic narratives. It offers insight into character development, conflict creation, and the structural essentials of dramatic writing, making it an invaluable resource for playwrights and novelists alike.

Art Of Dramatic Writing

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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.

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Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri is highly regarded for its insightful analysis of playwriting and the creative process. It is praised for offering practical guidance and profound insights into the structure and essence of drama, making it an invaluable resource for writers and educators.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780671213329

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 May 2004

Country: United States

Imprint: Touchstone

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Adult education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 214.0mm

Weight: 256g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Lajos Egri was born in the city of Eger, Hungary, and wrote his first three-act play at the age of ten. For more than thirty-five years he has written and directed plays in Europe and the United States. He was director of the Egri School of Writing in New York City for many years.