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== Melodrama == | == Melodrama == | ||
Any type of drama, such as plays, television shows, or movies in which the characters are stereotypical and they use blown-up emotions to convey a basic plot. | Any type of drama, such as plays, television shows, or movies in which the characters are stereotypical and they use blown-up emotions to convey a basic satirical plot. | ||
== Examples == | == Examples == | ||
Revision as of 21:08, 15 February 2006
Melodrama
Any type of drama, such as plays, television shows, or movies in which the characters are stereotypical and they use blown-up emotions to convey a basic satirical plot.
Examples
Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire
NBC's Soap Opera Passions
Henry Wood's East Lynne
External Links
Passions Trailer
Melodrama Defined by Tonya Hohenthaner
Pierrot Lunaire Poster
Works Cited
Hohenthaner, Tonya Literary Dictionary M 2002.
See D. Gerould, ed., Melodrama (1980).