A Study on Patterns in Dramatic Discourse from a Metahistorical Perspective

This study intends to answer a question that how can drama -as a literal framework- be a representation of surrounding discourse of historical and social issues. It seems that a necessity beyond history which is a thoughtful attention of the history and its comprehension is the primary path to connect the author’s mindset and his audience towards past and present events. This study is done with a purpose and identification of patterns on dramatic discourse in terms of history and social issues from the Hayden White’s Metahistory perspective. Since storification and language capacity are considered as discourse paradigms in Metahistorical theory, the hypothesis claims that drama enables historic discourse to be felt at the present time by means of narration and language amenities. The preset study has been executed through library research and data collection and analysis. The findings show that drama is able to disrupt the syntax of formal narration due to establishing a discourse discipline and to expand discourse borders between past and present via narrative amenities and language capacities.