VARIOUS FORMS OF THE COMIC IN THE COMEDIES OF I. L. CARAGIALE
VARIOUS FORMS OF THE COMIC IN THE COMEDIES OF I. L. CARAGIALE

Summary/Abstract: Comedy cannot be dissociated from the aesthetic category of the comic. This interferes with the burlesque and the grotesque, proving the evolution of the theatrical art. The purpose of this article is to highlight the various forms of the comic, starting from Aristotle's disapproving conception, next recalling the theatrical landmarks of universal literature and finally focusing on the comedies of I. L. Caragiale. The work of the Romanian playwright is close to the French vaudeville of the second half of the 19th century. It also reminds us that the comic techniques descend from the mimus, the medieval farce, the Karagoz theater and the game of the solitaries. For the modern reader and audience, Caragiale's comic causes a stiff laugh against an unbalanced world, reduced to caricatural manifestations.

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