We are human beings, and no one can live without art. Everything is related to art, such as clothes, TV shows, or packages of foods. Actually, when we mention art, the word “literature” came into my mind immediately. Literature was “writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays”; Dictionary says this is literature. Literature can relate to a performance, because a performance is actually based on literature. Novel also counts as a kind of literature, and it’s quite different from a play.
Literature appears everywhere in a performance, but a performance cannot be displaced by literature. A performance is a “musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience”. Literature and performances are similar. FirstLY, they both are versions of art. Secondly, they are both created by people and for people to appreciate. The difference is that performances show the audience, and literature show the people who read the materials. Thirdly, they are similar but different, because performances are based on literature. Generally, every performance has scripts and dialogues. These things can be counted as literature, because they are writings in expressions which are characteristic. However, they are also different; a good performance always has more than just literature, because the real setup, sounds or lights do not totally come from scripts, from literature. For example, we had a little play for the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. We had the scripts which included dialogues and stage directions. We read every word from the scripts; we all had a view of that scene in our mind. Lucie thought Roger was cutting things in the kitchen, but I thought Roger was also eating. We read the same material, but everyone had a different thought about the setup. This is the difference between literature and a performance; performances can show things more visually. According to the above evidences, literature and performances are similar, but they are also quite different.
Plays and novels are common in our life; they are also have similarities and differences. A play is “a dramatic performance, as on the stage”, and a novel is a “fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes”, says Dictionary. First of all, they both narrate stories, but they use different ways to express the stories. Novels are a kind of literature, and they are writings. Plays are considered as performances, because audiences are often there and plays are held on the stage. Thus, people read novel and watch plays; they use different ways to appreciate them. Second, plays and novels are similar, because plays often contain novels. Because they both narrate stories, we can read the scripts of plays like reading novels. Also, some plays are adapted from novels. Thus, they are similar. To conclude, plays and novels are similar but different, I’d like to say that they are like brother and sister.
In conclusion, there are several versions of arts, such as performances, literature, plays, and novels. Thereinto, plays can be considered as performances, and novels are a kind of literature. These four things are extremely unique.They have similarities, but they will never be displaced by each other, because they are also different.
Citation
1. "novel." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 9 Sep. 2015. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/novel>.
2. "literature." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 9 Sep. 2015. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/literature>.
3. "play." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 9 Sep. 2015. <Dictionary.comhttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/play>.
3. "performance." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 9 Sep. 2015. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/performance>.
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