dramatization

/,dræmətai'zeiʃn/

Thân thiện

The play is a dramatization of a famous historical event.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A dramatic representation: A performance, such as a play, film, or television program, that presents a story or event in a dramatic form.
   • Conversion into dramatic form: The process of adapting a narrative (like a novel, short story, or historical event) for presentation as a drama.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The television dramatization of the novel was very popular.
  • The play was a powerful dramatization of a short story.
  • Her account of the incident was an exaggerated dramatization.

Advanced Usage

• "To be a dramatization of": To be an adaptation of a non-dramatic work into a dramatic form.
  • The film is a dramatization of real historical events.
• "For the purposes of dramatization": For the sake of making a story more dramatic or engaging in a performance.
  • Some facts were altered for the purposes of dramatization.

Variants and Related Words

• Dramatize (verb): To adapt (a story) for presentation as a drama; to present or represent in a dramatic manner.
  • The director will dramatize the biography for the stage.
• Dramatist (noun): A person who writes plays.
• Dramatic (adjective): Relating to drama; sudden and striking.

Synonyms

• Adaptation: A film, television drama, or stage play that has been adapted from a written work.
• Staging: The presentation of a play or other performance.
• Theatricalization: The act of making something theatrical or dramatic.

Related Phrases

• Fictionalized dramatization: A dramatic adaptation that intentionally alters or adds fictional elements to the source material.
  • The movie is a fictionalized dramatization of the scientist's early life.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a dramatic representation
2. conversion into dramatic form
   • the play was a dramatization of a short story

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dramatisation