Farce
Low comedy, physical
Situational comedy
Characters and ideas are minor. Hidden id, discoveries.
Malapropism
Pronouncing words wrong
Incongruity
Illogical
Melodrama
Good v evil
Surrealism
20th century, express truth
Existentialism
After ww2 philosophical movement where humans live in a meaningless world
Dada
Anti art
Who wrote satire
Dario fo and Aristophanes
Who wrote tragicomedy
Shakespear
Who wrote situational comedy
Menander
Who wrote comedy of manners
Moliere
Who wrote romantic comedy
Chekhov and Pirandello
What are the tools of comedy?
Surprise contrast and incongruity, exaggeration, obsession, slapstick, transgression, language.