In sober jest: The emergence of the comedic genre in the age of enlightenment

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Abstract

This essay gives an account of the role of the comedic genre in the early Enlightenment theatrical reforms. I. argue that generic unity requires the exclusion of comic forms that endanger the internal continuity of the dramatic events. Instead, Enlightenment comedy articulates a model of human fallibility that ensures the concatenation of individual episodes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)478-506
Number of pages29
JournalDeutsche Vierteljahrsschrift fur Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte
Volume84
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2010

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Cultural Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Literature and Literary Theory

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