Week 11-2. Dramaturgy (sociology)

1. Summary

Dramaturgy is one of the sociological theories that explain social interaction. Human interaction is influenced by time, place, and audience. In this respect, Individuals has the same position as actor. Human identity is what is completed between a given role and an audience. Individuals, in the same position as actors on stage, continue to interact with others, thereby repeating their ongoing role.

In a dramatic model, people in society live their lives like actors. Each man has a suitable role at the interaction of others. 
For example, acting the role of parent to a child in home, and acting the rolo of clerk to a customer in a store, and acting the role of a guide to a stranger on the street will all be different. 

According to Goffman, the theory has a concept of backstage. Backstage is a space where actors relax and stop performing their roles. Individual can stop acting all the rols on the back stage. There is also an outside concept, which means a place where others are not involved in the performance.

2. Interesting

It is an interesting concept that humans acting a particular role, not just act. In practice we all perform different actions of role depending on the situation. This role is divided into large categories, but it can also be divided into more details. For example, while acting the role of a child at home and a friend at school is different, there are also more detailed differences. For example, the role of friends depends on who the other person is.

3. Discussion

Can dramaturgy theory be applied to all situations? If not, what is the example?


Written by Jaehoon Kim (김재훈)

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