dramatist
劇作家
解説 Definition
dramatist は、劇作家、つまり演劇の台本を書く人という意味です。動詞の活用形ではなく、drama（劇）に関連する名詞で、playwright と近い意味で使われます。
A dramatist is a person who writes plays for performance in a theater or other dramatic medium. The word often refers to someone considered as a literary or artistic creator of drama and is close in meaning to playwright.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
drama「劇」に、人を表す -ist が付いた「劇を書く人」と分解する。dramatist は動詞の活用形ではなく職業・役割を示す名詞で、write a play や serious dramatist と結び付ける。playwright が戯曲を書く人を直接表すのに対し、dramatist は文学・芸術上の劇作家という響きを持つ。
Break dramatist into drama plus -ist. The suffix -ist often identifies a person connected with an activity, profession, or field, so a dramatist is a person who creates drama. Picture someone writing dialogue, scenes, and stage directions for a play. Common patterns include a young dramatist, a serious dramatist, and a celebrated dramatist. Playwright is the closest everyday equivalent, while dramatist can place slightly more emphasis on the writer's literary or artistic role. Do not analyze the ending as a verb inflection; the whole word is a singular countable noun.
例文
The dramatist wrote a play about a small town.
その劇作家は小さな町を題材にした戯曲を書きました。
She became known as a serious dramatist in her thirties.
彼女は30代で本格的な劇作家として知られるようになりました。
The festival invited a young dramatist to speak after the performance.
その祭典は上演後のトークに若い劇作家を招きました。
dramatist の類義語・関連語
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dramatist の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ギリシャ語 drama（行動、演劇）に行為者を示す接尾辞 -ist が付いた語。drama はギリシャ語 dran（行う）から派生。関連語：drama, dramatic。「行動を書く人」が原義で、舞台作品を創作する人を指す。
Dramatist was formed from drama and the agent suffix -ist, meaning a person who practices or is associated with something. Drama came through Latin from Greek drama, “deed” or “action,” which derives from dran, “to do or act.” The word therefore developed around the idea of represented action. In English, dramatist became the term for a creator of dramatic works, especially plays intended for performance.
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