About Dramatica Vocabulary
Posted: Jul 13, 2011 3:22 am
Hi.
I've been google'ing for explanations about why the original Dramatica terms are so complex, and for some of the reasons that caused the layman's terms to be introduced. I'm not finding all of the references that I've encountered in the past, but with respect to those references, I don't remember where I got the reasons that are on my mind as I've read so many articles and listened to so much lecture material by Chris and Melanie that everything is jumbled together at this point. So, I would like to ask:
Why were the Dramatica terms, Dramatica's vocabulary, created to be so complex and technical?
What factors caused the layman's terms to be introduced?
Thanks
References to terms/vocabulary that I have found thus far include:
http://dramaticapedia.com/2010/04/08/dramaticas-terminology-is-too-obscure/
http://www.dramatica.com/theory/theory_faqs/smg/skeptical.html
"You will not find terms on this chart like "love" or "greed." Although these concepts figure prominently in many discussions of theme, they are more descriptive of subject matter, rather than the perspectives one might take about that subject matter. For example, suppose we decide to write a story about love. All right, what kind of love? Brotherly love? Romantic love? Paternal, lustful, spiritual, or unrequited love? Clearly, love is in the eye of the beholder. In other words, love is shaded by the nature of the object that is loved."
- Phillips, Melanie Anne (2009). Dramatica: A New Theory of Story (p. 74). Write Brothers Press. Kindle Edition.
"It is not our purpose to force new, sterile and unfamiliar terminology on the writers of the world. It is our purpose to clarify."
- Phillips, Melanie Anne (2009). Dramatica: A New Theory of Story (p. 74). Write Brothers Press. Kindle Edition.
I've been google'ing for explanations about why the original Dramatica terms are so complex, and for some of the reasons that caused the layman's terms to be introduced. I'm not finding all of the references that I've encountered in the past, but with respect to those references, I don't remember where I got the reasons that are on my mind as I've read so many articles and listened to so much lecture material by Chris and Melanie that everything is jumbled together at this point. So, I would like to ask:
Why were the Dramatica terms, Dramatica's vocabulary, created to be so complex and technical?
What factors caused the layman's terms to be introduced?
Thanks
References to terms/vocabulary that I have found thus far include:
http://dramaticapedia.com/2010/04/08/dramaticas-terminology-is-too-obscure/
http://www.dramatica.com/theory/theory_faqs/smg/skeptical.html
"You will not find terms on this chart like "love" or "greed." Although these concepts figure prominently in many discussions of theme, they are more descriptive of subject matter, rather than the perspectives one might take about that subject matter. For example, suppose we decide to write a story about love. All right, what kind of love? Brotherly love? Romantic love? Paternal, lustful, spiritual, or unrequited love? Clearly, love is in the eye of the beholder. In other words, love is shaded by the nature of the object that is loved."
- Phillips, Melanie Anne (2009). Dramatica: A New Theory of Story (p. 74). Write Brothers Press. Kindle Edition.
"It is not our purpose to force new, sterile and unfamiliar terminology on the writers of the world. It is our purpose to clarify."
- Phillips, Melanie Anne (2009). Dramatica: A New Theory of Story (p. 74). Write Brothers Press. Kindle Edition.