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melodrama(n.)

1784年(1782年作为 melo drame),“一种使用音乐的戏剧作品”,源自法语 mélodrame(1772年),源自希腊语 melos “歌曲”(参见 melody)和法语 drame “戏剧”(参见 drama)。

In early 19th century use, a stage-play (usually romantic and sentimental in plot and incident) in which songs were interspersed and in which the action was accompanied by orchestral music appropriate to the situations. In later use the musical element gradually ceased to be an essential feature of the 'melodrama', and the name now denotes a dramatic piece characterized by sensational incidents and violent appeals to the emotions, but with a happy ending. [OED]
在19世纪早期的使用中,是一种舞台剧(通常情节浪漫、感伤),其中穿插歌曲,行动伴随着适合情境的管弦乐。在后来的使用中,音乐元素逐渐不再是“情歌剧”的必要特征,现在这个名称指的是一种以轰动事件和强烈的情感呼吁为特征的戏剧作品,但结局是幸福的。[OED]

从1784年到1883年,这种转变向“一个浪漫而轰动的戏剧作品,有一个幸福的结局”明显。西班牙语 melodrama 、意大利语 melodramma 、德语 melodram 也都源自法语。相关词汇: Melodramatize

The melodramatist's task is to get his characters labelled good & wicked in his audience's minds, & to provide striking situations that shall provoke & relieve anxieties on behalf of poetic justice. [Fowler]
情歌剧作家的任务是让他的角色在观众的心目中被标记为好人和坏人,并提供引人注目的情境,以引发并缓解对诗意正义的焦虑。[Fowler]

该词起源时间:1784年