Analysing Dramatic Structure: Linear, Episodic, and Cyclical Forms

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Deconstruct how dramatic structure, plot architecture, climax, and peripeteia shape audience engagement and thematic development.

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Deconstruct substantial performance texts and key extracts from dramaturgical, directorial, and contextual perspectives.

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how performance texts are constructed to be performed, conveying meaning through:

structure