Target drama

A basic conception of the dramatic plot structure is referred to as a target drama . Alternative names are generally unfolding drama , conflict drama or synthetic drama .

In a target drama, a certain incident or process takes place at the beginning of the presentation, which acts as a trigger for further events and thus allows the plot to unfold. Even if a previous history can play a certain role, the course of action is based on an event in the future, the eponymous goal.

The focus of the action is usually an internal or external conflict:

• An internal conflict exists inside the hero who is torn between two decisions.
• An external conflict, on the other hand, exists between the protagonist and an antagonist , an opponent who pursues a goal that is contrary to the hero's intentions.

Examples of target dramas are Sophocles ' Antigone or Schiller's Cabal and Love .

The target drama is in contrast to the analytical drama .

literature

• Spörl, Uwe: Analytical Drama . In: Uwe Spörl: Basislexikon Literaturwissenschaft . Paderborn: Schöningh 2004 (= UTB 2485). Pp. 230-231. ISBN 3-506-99003-9 .
• Target drama . In: Gero von Wilpert : Subject Dictionary of Literature (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 231). 6th, improved and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-520-23106-9 , pp. 924-925.