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dramaturgic

dramaturgic

9.9
About how a play is written and put on
  • adjective
  • /ˌdræməˈtɜrdʒɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : dramaturgico
  • The playwright focused on the dramaturgic elements to enhance the emotional impact of the performance.

Examples

  • The director emphasized dramaturgic principles in rehearsals to ensure the actors understood their characters' motivations.

  • She studied the dramaturgic techniques used in classical theater to improve her own script writing.

  • This distribution suggests not linguistic tendencies but dramaturgic tactics as they develop over his career or reflect the nature of the plays.

    Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

dramaturgical
vsdramaturgic
  • Specialized
1 9.9

About how people make and show a play or stage show

focuses on composition and technical design rather than production

Surface Forms

dramaturgic positive

Morphology

dramaturgic = dramaturgy (semi-transparent) = dramaturgy + ic

Formally derived by adding the adjectival suffix 'ic' to the noun 'dramaturgy'; the formation is regular but the base is a specialized term that may be unfamiliar to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Dramaturgic comes from drama ('play') and the root -urgy ('work' or 'craft'), a combination that originally meant the 'work of drama'. So dramaturgic describes the technical side of theatre, the craft of how a play is put together.