The document discusses different genres of comedy, specifically focusing on sentimentle and antisentimentle comedy. Sentimentle comedy evokes emotions like pity and sorrow, while antisentimentle comedy, characterized by wit and laughter, satirizes upper-class society. Key figures in antisentimentle comedy include Oliver Goldsmith and Richard Sheridan.

1. Antisentimentle comedy
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Paper no :2 The Neo classical Literature
Prepared by :Mehta kavita dineshbhai
Semester :1
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S.B Gardi Department of English
Maharaja Krishnkumarsihji Bhavangar University

2. What is comedy
 In general sense,that makes us laugh is
comedy.
 It is an art of performing of making
jokes,satire and humour.
 Mostly having cheerful ending
Example For:comic play, tv shows,movie .
 Comedy aimed at producting tear rather
than laughter.

3. What is Sentimentle comedy
 Sentimentle comedy is an 18th century drametic
genre.
 Sentimentle means relating to or invoking
feeling such as pity or love especially for things
in past.
 In sentimentle comedies middle class
audience.
 Evokes like pity ,sorrow and sympathy.
 This comedy nearer to tragedy.

4. What is Antisentimentle comedy
 The opposite of sentimentle comedy.
 An antisentimentle comedy is also called “Comedy
of manner”.
 When sentimentle comedy did not last long that
time Antisentimentle comedy created by “Oliver
Goldsmith” and “Richard Sheridan”.
 He evokes laughter and vulgarity.
 Deals with the relation and women living in a
upper class society.

5. Difference between sentimentle
and antisentimentle comedy
Sentimentle comedy Antisentimentle comedy
 Weeping comedy.
 Evokes emotion,pity
and sorrow.
 Middle class character.
 Example for :Richard
steels “The conscious
lover”
 Laughing comedy.
 Evokes of people
vulgarity and laughter.
 Higher class character.
 Example for:Richard
sheridan’s “The Rivals”

6. Antisentimentle comedy
characteristic
 Wit
 Laughter
 Farce
 Irony
 Disguise
 Marriage for love and death

7.  Wit:
Wit is a form of intelligent humour ,the
ability to say or wit think that clever and
usually funny.
 Laughter:
Laughter is best medicine, the sound of
laughing produce by air so expelled any
similar sound.

8.  Farce:
Farce is comedy that aims at entertaining
audience through situation.
 Irony:
The use of words to convey a meaning that
is the opposite of its literal meaning.

9.  Disguise:
To modify the manner or appearance of a
person through wig ,glasses, makeup ,costume
or other ways.
 Marriage for love and death:
Love affair, in the ‘School for scandal.’
Between two character charles and Maria but
lady seneerwell also love charles.

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