Earnest and Comedy.ppt

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Earnest and Comedy

2011 * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Importance of Being Earnest A Comedy What is comedy? “my play is really very funny” --- Wilde on Earnest happy ending (komos: celebration, revel, merrymaking) Perspective matters. Elements of Comedy Suspension (暂停) of Probability Logic The Comic Premise (前提) Individual vs Social Order Types of Comedy Farce Burlesque Satire Comedy of Ideas Comedy of Manners Which type Earnest is NOT ? Farce Means: Exaggeration —broad physical humor — excessive plot complications — stereotyped characters (stock characters) Purpose: Entertainment Fun Burlesque knockabout physical humor gross exaggerations occasional vulgarity parody (戏仿) Mona Lisa Earnest: A Parody on Melodrama Satire Purpose: To expose/attack evil and foolishness. Means: Verbal wit, irony, exaggeration Joe Wang Comedy of Ideas comedy + serious discussion on topical (时事) or philosophical issues. George Bernard Shaw Comedy of Manners Purpose: To depict and often satirize the manners of contemporary society Means: Verbal wit Plautus William Shakespeare Oliver Goldsmith Richard Sheridan Oscar Wilde Noel Coward Neil Simon Wendy Wasserstein 1895-2011 The Importance of Performing Earnest 1895 1939 1947 1995

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