The Motive Principle of the Drama

Author

Augustus James Slater, Marquette University

Date of Award

6-1925

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Literatures, Languages, and Cultures

First Advisor

Thomas P Whelan

Second Advisor

Joseph C Flynn

Abstract

This brief paragraph, found in George Pierce Baker's recent Dramatic Technique, re-opens a controversy that has commanded the attention of the great minds in the field of dramatic criticism from the very beginning, for though all recognize some distinction between drama and the epic, or its modern equivalent, the novel, and indeed this recognition is inevitable, still there are those who deny this difference to be an essential one.

Comments

A Thesis submitted to Fulfill the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Recommended Citation

Slater, Augustus James, "The Motive Principle of the Drama" (1925). Bachelors’ Theses. 2010.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/2010