On the Question of the Essence of Comedy

Authors

  • Janko KOS

Keywords:

literarne zvrsti, komedija, tragedija, literary forms, comedy, tragedy

Abstract

The paper explores the possibilities for a contemporary definition of comedy, its particular structure and comicality. It departs from the theoretical rudiments in Aristotle's Poetics and Hegel's Aesthetics and critically analyzes them, then it systematizes them, employing the modern concepts of legality and legitimacy, which should explain the essence of the comical conflict. The acquired model of comedy structure is compared to the structure of the tragedy. Its validity is examined on representative texts of comical drama, from Aristophanes and Plautus to Gogol, Cankar, and Ionesco.

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Published

1997-01-15

How to Cite

KOS, J. (1997) “On the Question of the Essence of Comedy”, Slavistična revija, 45(1-2), pp. 293–305. Available at: https://srl.si/ojs/srl/article/view/COBISS_ID-3812962 (Accessed: 20 May 2024).

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 1-2 (1997)

Section

ARTICLES

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