dramatic composition
- noun
- /drəˈmætɪk ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/
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composición dramática
- Critics praised the film for its excellent dramatic composition, which kept the audience on the edge of their seats.
Examples
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The playwright's new work is a stunning dramatic composition that explores themes of love and betrayal.
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Through this body of work, including critical reviews of Parisian experiments and his own three dramatic compositions, Carpentier theorized about performance, in particular the spectator's shifting relationships to theatrical space.
Academic text (1998) -
Her dramatic composition captivated the theater audience with its powerful dialogue and compelling characters.
Synonyms
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A story written to be performed by actors on a stage
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A story performed by actors on stage
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A written story to be performed, like a play or screenplay
A story that actors perform on stage
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly constructed from 'dramatic' (related to drama/theatre) plus 'composition' (a created work), so a learner who knows both words can infer this refers to a written/created work for drama (e.g., a play or script). This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular adjective + noun semantics, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Dramatic composition comes from the words dramatic, from 'drama' meaning a story acted on stage, and composition, meaning a 'piece of writing'. Imagine a writer making a script for actors to perform, so the term means a written work made 'to be performed by actors'.