Date of Award

6-1927

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Literatures, Languages, and Cultures

First Advisor

Thomas P Whelan

Second Advisor

William M Magee

Abstract

Aristotle's simple definition of drama as "imitated human action" has not been bettered. Man cannot escape man even in the drama, and it is the ways of our kind that constitute the essentials of dramatic subject matter. From another well known definition we may gain another point of view. "A drama is an epic told in lyric parts." An epic, in lars, is a narrative poem, a story of deeds told outwardly and objectively by some one who has heard them. A lyrical poem is thew expression of an inner or subjective emotion by one who has felt what he expresses.

Comments

A Thesis Submitted Partially to Fulfill the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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