Marchendrama (English spelling)

Japanese: Märchendrama(英語表記)Marchendrama
Marchendrama (English spelling)

…a play based on fairy tales and created with children's understanding and interests in mind. Fairy tale plays, in response to the imaginative and intuitive mental characteristics of children, often feature supernatural people and creatures, many dreamlike scenes, and use anthropomorphic techniques, and generally have a strong unrealistic color. There is a wide range of differences in the development of plots and themes, from adaptations of fairy tales that contain everyday moral lessons to highly artistic works that can stand alone as literary works. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Märchendrama" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…童話を内容とし,児童の理解力と興味を考慮してつくられた劇。童話劇Märchendramaは空想的・直感的な児童の心的特性に応じて超自然的な人間や生物が登場したり,夢幻的な場面が多くさし入れられたり,擬人化の手法が用いられたり,総じて非現実的な色彩がつよい。卑近な教訓性をふくむおとぎ話の脚色ものから,文芸作品として独立できる芸術性の高いものまで,その筋立てやテーマの展開については,かなり幅ひろい相違もみられる。…

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