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THE COMEDY OF MANNERS

THE COMEDY OF MANNERS. HOME:. What is “commedy” Comedy of manners in England The most important playwrights The way of the world. What is “commedy”. The term comes from Greek “ κωμωδία ” , komodia The aim is any humorous discourse to amuse. Its c haracteristics are: Happy ending

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THE COMEDY OF MANNERS

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  1. THE COMEDYOF MANNERS

  2. HOME: • What is “commedy” • Comedy of manners in England • The most important playwrights • The way of the world

  3. What is “commedy” • The term comes from Greek “κωμωδία”,komodia • The aim is any humorous discourse to amuse. • Its characteristics are: • Happy ending • Choral singing • Derision • A reference to sexuality • It starts with a prologue, recited by characters to introduce initial situation

  4. Comedy of manners in England • Comedy of Manners developed in England between the 1685 and the 1700, thanks to the king Charles II • Its aim: it satarizes the social classes of Nobility and Aristocrazy • It criticizes people’s manners of: speech, behavior and relationships • The themes were: • Materialistic nature • Hypolitical existence • Gossip of everyday life

  5. The most important playwrights • William Shakespeare: “Much Ado about Nothing” • William Wychrley: “The Country Wife” (1675) • William Congreve: “The Way of the World” (1700) • Oliver Goldsmith: “She Stoops to Conquer” (1773) • Richard Brinsley Sheridan: “The Rivals” (1775) “The School for Scandals” (1777)

  6. The way of the world • It was written in the 1700 by William Congreve • The protagonists are the two levers: • Mirabell (mira-bell He who is beautiful to see him) • Millamant (mill-amant She who has a lot of lovers)

  7. Work by: RIVETTI GIULIA

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