Yearbook of Comparative Criticism, Volume 8Joseph Strelka |
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... Comedy promotes self - knowledge in a different fashion ; unlike farce , it faces the misery of the human condition before it decides " to look the other way . " So much can be readily admitted even though Bentley over- shoots the mark ...
... Comedy promotes self - knowledge in a different fashion ; unlike farce , it faces the misery of the human condition before it decides " to look the other way . " So much can be readily admitted even though Bentley over- shoots the mark ...
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... comedy repudiate pride and , as frames of acceptance , advocate the advantage of the average per- son's limitations . The difference lies in this : while tragedy exalts hubris as the root of awe - inspiring crimes , comedy dismisses it ...
... comedy repudiate pride and , as frames of acceptance , advocate the advantage of the average per- son's limitations . The difference lies in this : while tragedy exalts hubris as the root of awe - inspiring crimes , comedy dismisses it ...
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... comedy of manners , comedy of character , and farce , which have led to a better understanding of Molière's highly diversified art.21 Lanson suggests that the great- ness of such works as Le Misanthrope , Tartuffe , Les Femmes Sa ...
... comedy of manners , comedy of character , and farce , which have led to a better understanding of Molière's highly diversified art.21 Lanson suggests that the great- ness of such works as Le Misanthrope , Tartuffe , Les Femmes Sa ...
Contents
DICHOTOMY OF ARTISTIC GENRES | 3 |
TOWARD A DEFINITION OF LITERARY GENRES | 41 |
SOME IDIOSYNCRATIC CONCEPTS | 80 |
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