This document of ENG 125 Week 5 Discussion Question 2 shows the solutions to the following problems:
All literature involves some kind of performance, which is intended for an audience. Sometimes, however, the performative quality of a work (i.e., the fact that it is being presented to an audience) is more obvious than at others. Drama and poetry, for example, tend to emphasize overt performance more than do short stories, which more often are read silently and in solitude. How is the more direct per formative aspect of drama and/or poetry reflected in these forms? (Consider for example, each genre