Tag: COMEDY
Sentimental Comedy
Sentimental comedy is a genre of theatrical comedy that emerged in the 18th century as a reaction against the more cynical and morally ambiguous comedies of the Restoration period, offering a more opt...
Comedy of Manners
The Comedy of Manners is a genre of theatrical comedy that flourished in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, particularly in Restoration England and early 18th-century France. It is a form of dram...
Comedy of Humours
The Comedy of Humours is a type of comedic play that explores the idea of characters being dominated by a particular "humour" or temperament. Humours were a concept derived from ancient Greek and Roma...
Romantic Comedy
The romantic comedy, often abbreviated as rom-com, is a subgenre of comedy that focuses on developing a romantic relationship. It typically focuses on the romantic relationships between two central ch...
The Tragicomedy
Tragicomedy is a genre that blends elements of both comedy and tragedy. Most often seen in dramatic literature, it can be a tragedy with a happy ending or a tragedy with enough comic relief that the...
The Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that is intended to incite laughter and amusement, especially in theatre, television, radio, books, film, stand-up comedy or any other entertainment medium. It dates bac...
The Origin of Drama
Drama is a form of literature intended to be performed by actors and written as prose or verse dialogue. In Western culture, it is one of the three genres developed by the Greeks: drama, epic and (lyr...