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1dramatic unities — noun plural : the unities of time, place, and action observed in classical drama * * * the three unities of time, place, and action observed in classical drama as specified by Aristotle in his Poetics. [1920 25] …
2dramatic unities — noun plural Date: circa 1922 the unities of time, place, and action that are observed in classical drama …
3dramatic unities — the three unities of time, place, and action observed in classical drama as specified by Aristotle in his Poetics. [1920 25] * * * …
4DRAMATIC UNITIES — three rules of dramatic construction prescribed by Aristotle, observed by the French dramatists, but ignored by Shakespeare, that (1) a play should represent what takes place within eight hours, (2) there must be no change of locality, and (3) …
5unities — ▪ dramatic literature in drama, the three principles derived by French classicists from Aristotle s Poetics; they require a play to have a single action represented as occurring in a single place and within the course of a day. These… …
6dramatic literature — Introduction the texts of plays that can be read, as distinct from being seen and heard in performance. The term dramatic literature implies a contradiction in that literature originally meant something written and drama meant… …
7Unities — Unity U ni*ty, n.; pl. {Unities}. [OE. unite, F. unit[ e], L. unitas, from unus one. See {One}, and cf. {Unit}.] 1. The state of being one; oneness. [1913 Webster] Whatever we can consider as one thing suggests to the understanding the idea of… …
8Classical unities — The classical unities, Aristotelian unities or three unities are rules for drama derived from a passage in Aristotle s Poetics. In their neoclassical form they are as follows: The unity of action: a play should have one main action that it… …
9theatre, Western — ▪ art Introduction history of the Western theatre from its origins in pre Classical antiquity to the present. For a discussion of drama as a literary form, see dramatic literature and the articles on individual national literatures.… …
10Theatre of France — For more information about the history of French literature, see the chronological articles in the French literature series in the template to the right. French theatre is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone theatre… …
