A-Level CAIE Drama: Vocabulary and Terminology Rapid Revision Guide | A-Level CAIE 戏剧：词汇术语速记指南

📚 A-Level CAIE Drama: Vocabulary and Terminology Rapid Revision Guide | A-Level CAIE 戏剧：词汇术语速记指南

In CAIE A-Level Drama, precise terminology is not only useful for written papers but also essential for practical work, devising logs and the written examination. The following guide groups high-frequency terms into ten revision-friendly sections, with paired English and Chinese explanations to speed up memorisation.

在 CAIE A-Level 戏剧中，准确的术语不仅对笔试有帮助，对实践、编创日志和书面考试也至关重要。以下指南将高频术语分为十个便于复习的小节，英文与中文解释配对呈现，以加快记忆。

1. Key Genres and Styles | 关键体裁与风格

Tragedy is a serious dramatic form in which the protagonist falls from prosperity to suffering, often because of a fatal flaw or error, and the audience experiences catharsis.

悲剧 是一种严肃的戏剧形式，主人公从兴盛走向苦难，常因致命缺陷或错误所致，观众由此体验情感净化（catharsis）。

Comedy aims to amuse through wit, misunderstanding and reconciliation, often ending in marriage or social harmony rather than disaster.

喜剧 旨在通过机智、误会与和解带来笑声，通常以婚姻或社会和谐收场，而非灾难。

Farce is a subgenre of comedy that relies on physical action, exaggerated characters, unlikely coincidences and fast pace to generate laughter.

闹剧 是喜剧的子类型，依赖肢体动作、夸张人物、不可能的巧合和快节奏来制造笑声。

Naturalism attempts to create a fully realistic stage world, with detailed set, everyday speech and characters shaped by heredity and environment.

自然主义 试图创造完全真实的舞台世界，具有细致的布景、日常语言和受遗传与环境影响的人物。

Epic Theatre, associated with Brecht, breaks illusion through direct address, narration and episodic structure, encouraging the audience to think critically rather than become emotionally absorbed.

史诗剧场 与布莱希特相关，通过直接陈述、叙述和片段式结构打破幻觉，鼓励观众批判性思考，而非情感投入。

Absurdism expresses the sense of an irrational universe through circular dialogue, non-linear action and characters trapped in meaningless routines.

荒诞主义 通过循环对话、非线性行动和陷入无意义日常的人物，表现非理性宇宙的感受。

2. Dramatic Structure | 戏剧结构

Most traditional plays follow a five-part structure: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and denouement. The table below summarises Freytag’s pyramid.

大多数传统戏剧遵循五段式结构：开端、上升行动、高潮、下降行动和结局。下表总结了弗雷塔格金字塔。