The critical vocabulary that is used in criticizing a dramatic text is undoubtedly different from that used in more traditional linguistic and literary trends, and in this book "The Language of Drama" by David Burch, the writer attempts through it to present a set of important ideas and principles of contemporary critical theory and language analysis to students of drama, especially since drama has not received sufficient attention from linguistic theorists and linguistic analysts compared to other types of discourse.
The writer focuses most of his attention on presenting a theory of practical dramatic applications, which is a social theory of language that depends on conflict more than on the usual traditional cooperation, and is also based on the political and institutional uses of the dramatic text that it entails.
The writer believes that by merging the two theories together, it is possible to present a theory of practical applications of drama, keen to effect change through academic and creative practices, as well as through much larger institutional and ideological contexts.