Expanding the Scope of Dialogue in Modern Drama : From Ibsen to Albee

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

According to Aristotle, drama is the imitation of human action.The origin of the word ‘Drama’ came from ‘dram’ which means ‘todo.’ Hence, drama has been recognized as the genre of action. The momentum which motivates and propels the action forward is dialogue. Dialogue is the very channel which the actions in our minds and imagination are presented in words. As a verbal interaction assuming speaker and listener, dialogue is considered mainly as human activity. Since Aristotle, however, drama has gone through various changes in its form and content as human mind and action, along with historical and social conditions, changed. So has dialogue, the most funda mental element of drama. The form of dialogue has changed from inter-personal dialogue to intra-personal and to extra-personal following the change of the content in drama. These seemingly separate three modes of dialogue are not that the one state is the alternative to the other. They are rather connected anticipating each other. Therefore, it is a dialogue expanded. Considering the importance of dialogue in our lives and thinking that drama is the representation of human action, studying the change in dramatic dialogue is also to trace how we define ourselves and the reality.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Expanding the Scope of Dialogue in Modern Drama:From Ibsen to Albee 1
• Ⅰ.Inter-personal Dialogue 3
• Ⅱ.Intra-personal Dialogue 7
• Ⅲ.Extra-Personal Dialogue 18
• Ⅳ.Conclusio 20
• Works Cited 21
• Abstract 24