pOOJABA GOHIL

1. Name:Gohil Poojaba S
Roll no.:18
Sub:The Neo Classical Age
Std:MA Sem.1
Topic:Types Of Comedy
Submitted to:Department Of Englis
Mk Bhavnagar University

2. Brief introduction of Comedy
• A play which arises laughter.
• It provides relief to our tired minds.
• A pure comedy has no other purpose except
to amuse.
• Some plays have power to represent society
too.

3. Types of comedy
• Romantic comedy
• Comedy of humour
• Comedy of manners
• Black comedy
• Sentimental comedy

4. Romantic comedy
• Most popular of all the forms of
entertainment.
• Drametist do not follow rules laid by Ancient
writers.
• Mixture of comic and tragic element.
• Realistic picture is there.
• Shakespeare`s “As you like it.”
• “Music is food of love.”

5. Comedy of humours
• According to Ben Johnson:”Comedy should be
larger than life.”
• Everyman in his humours.
• Everyman out of his humours.
• Characters represents particular passion.
• Satire on human follies.

6. Classification of human bodies idea
from medieval drama
• Earth
• Fire
• Water
• Air
• Emotional quality
• Angry
• Cold
• sad

7. Comedy of manners
• Reflection of upper class where manners are
supreme.
• It has balanced satire.
• Locations laid in clubs,coffee houses.
• Its an artificial form having verbal wit.

8. Black comedy
• No single comic element is there.
• Measure for measure.
• Moral values are meaningless,life is only a
tragic force.

9. Sentimental comedy
• Intention to present moral sentiments.
• Far from reality.
• Success no doubt played on the stage but it
has no attractive element to catch response
easily.

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