Concetti Chiave
- A comedy is a play characterized by a pleasant, amusing atmosphere and a happy ending, often incorporating satire.
- The origin of English comedy can be traced back to medieval Miracle Plays, known for their amusing characters despite Biblical themes.
- Romantic comedy, popularized by Shakespeare, blends love and laughter for successful storytelling.
- Comedy of manners, known for its social satire and verbal wit, was prominent in the works of 17th and 18th-century dramatists.
- Black or dark comedy explores the darker aspects of humor, as seen in Shakespeare's works and later modern plays.
Origini della commedia
A comedy is a play which has a pleasant, amusing atmosphere and a happy ending. It can be satirical, because satire and comedy are related.
It begins with the ancient Greek comos ( a revel, a merry and noisy celebration) and the satyr plays, crudely comic plays which used to be performed after a tragedy, as a kind of comic relief.
The true origin of English comedy is to be found in the medieval Miracle Plays which, in spite of being based on Biblical stories, presented amusing characters and events.
Five main Is the most popular, because it contains a pleasant mixture of is normally mentioned in connection with Shakespeare’s contemporary
Comedy of manners
Commedia di costume
The definition comedy of manners is particularly applied to 17th and 18th century dramatists like William Congreve and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. In the late 19th century Oscar Wilde excelled in this genre, which makes fun of social groups and their fashionable manners, and is characterized by verbal wit and mild satire.
Commedia sentimentale e oscura
Sentimental comedy
In the 17th century a sentimental comedy expressed moral sentiments. In the 20th many writers felt that comedy should be morally instructive as well as entertaining, and this caused a rebirth of the sentimental comedy, under new names like “the drama of the social consciousness” and so on.
Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure and Troilus and Cressida could be said to introduce the idea of dark comedy: when compared with romantic comedies like A Midsummer Night’s Dream they appear to be bitter and, in a way, unpleasant. They represent the darker side of comedy, a side which can be seen in later plays by dramatists like the Norwegian Henrik Ibsen (1828 – 1906) and George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), and which is especially noticed in the modern English theatre.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Cuál es el origen de la comedia inglesa según el texto?
- ¿Qué caracteriza a la comedia de costumbres y quiénes son algunos de sus exponentes destacados?
- ¿Cómo se describe la comedia negra o oscura en el texto y qué autores la han desarrollado?
El verdadero origen de la comedia inglesa se encuentra en las obras de milagros medievales, que a pesar de basarse en historias bíblicas, presentaban personajes y eventos divertidos.
La comedia de costumbres se caracteriza por burlarse de los grupos sociales y sus modales de moda, con ingenio verbal y sátira leve. Exponentes destacados incluyen a William Congreve, Richard Brinsley Sheridan y Oscar Wilde.
La comedia negra o oscura se describe como una representación del lado más amargo y desagradable de la comedia. Autores como Henrik Ibsen y George Bernard Shaw han desarrollado este tipo de comedia, especialmente notada en el teatro inglés moderno.
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