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| + | Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in North American English) is a literary and '''theatrical''' form. Its chief historical origins as narrative, philosophical or didactic device are to be found in classical Greek and Indian literature, in particular in the ancient art of rhetoric and the most notable non-theatrical examples in Western literature are the dialogues of Plato. | ||
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| + | In everyday life however dialogue is, fundamentally, a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people. And it is thus a primary element in a staged play, which is essentially a performance of human interaction. | ||
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Revision as of 11:55, 16 August 2010
Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in North American English) is a literary and theatrical form. Its chief historical origins as narrative, philosophical or didactic device are to be found in classical Greek and Indian literature, in particular in the ancient art of rhetoric and the most notable non-theatrical examples in Western literature are the dialogues of Plato.
In everyday life however dialogue is, fundamentally, a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people. And it is thus a primary element in a staged play, which is essentially a performance of human interaction.
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