The Comedy of Language: Four Farces by Molière |
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... character is thus effected objectively by the very move- ment of comedy : presenting the comic character only insofar as he differs initially from others of his own world , yet ulti- mately from the spectator as well . Comedy does not ...
... character is thus effected objectively by the very move- ment of comedy : presenting the comic character only insofar as he differs initially from others of his own world , yet ulti- mately from the spectator as well . Comedy does not ...
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... character . More importantly , where both spectator and character would agree on the fact of a certain action , the former can decide how this action is wrongly interpreted . In this decision , the spectator becomes aware of a ...
... character . More importantly , where both spectator and character would agree on the fact of a certain action , the former can decide how this action is wrongly interpreted . In this decision , the spectator becomes aware of a ...
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... character and spectator which would result in an affective distance between them and make possible a feeling of superiority in the latter . By seeking the terms of this comparison in the observation of linguistic behavior , we ...
... character and spectator which would result in an affective distance between them and make possible a feeling of superiority in the latter . By seeking the terms of this comparison in the observation of linguistic behavior , we ...
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Comedy comic comic of language | 3 |
powers and limitations | 14 |
Persuasion and the comic | 45 |
Copyright | |
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