Brooks, The Melodramatic Imagination

According to Brooks, a fundamental characteristic of the melodramatic mode is:

• To exaggerate happy feelings

• To express ALL. Nothing is left unsaid. To give voce of the deepest feelings.

• To underestimate what others say

• To act as if emotions were not such a big deal

Why does the ritual of melodrama can offer no terminal reconciliation?

• There ir no longer a clear transcendent value to be reconciled to

• It finds purpose in conflict

• Because it is romantic

• Because it could lose its origin

The word melodrama means, originally:

• Theatrical representation of a story

• Dramatical experiment

• A drama accompanied by music

• A longer drama representation

Select ALL the connotations for the word "melodrama", according to Brooks:

• moral polarization

• extreme states of being, situations, actions

• romanticism

• thriller

• dark plottings

In which context are the origins of melodrama located?

• Greek culture

• Naturalism

• Imperial China

• The French Revolution and its aftremath