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Focusing on European tragicomedy from the early modern period to the theatre of the absurd, Verna Foster here argues for the independence of tragicomedy as a genre that perceives and communicates human experience differently from the various forms of tragedy, comedy and the drame (serious drama that is neither comic nor tragic). Foster posits that, in the sense of the dramaturgical and emotional fusion of tragic and comic elements to create a distinguishable new genre, tragicomedy has emerged only twice in the history of drama. She argues that tragicomedy first emerged and was controversial in the Renaissance; and that it has in modern times replaced tragedy itself as the most serious and moving of all dramatic genres. In the first section of the book, the author analyses the name "tragicomedy" and the genre's problems of identity; then goes on to explore early modern tragicomedies by Shakespeare, Beaumont and Fletcher, and Massinger. A transitional chapter addresses cognate genres. The final section of the book focuses on modern tragicomedies by Ibsen, Chekhov, Synge, O'Casey, Williams, Ionesco, Beckett and Pinter. By exploring dramaturgical similarities between early modern and modern tragicomedies, Foster demonstrates the persistence of tragicomedy's generic markers and aims to provide a more precise conceptual framework for the genre than has so far been available.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary theory

• Plný název: Name and Nature of Tragicomedy
• Autor: Verna A Foster
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 232
• EAN: 9780754635673
• ISBN: 0754635678
• ID: 04679003
• Nakladatelství: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Hmotnost: 454 g
• Rozměry: 234 × 156 × 25 mm
• Datum vydání: 20. February 2004

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