LIT 224 - The Comic Sensibility

Institution:

Bentley University

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Description:

Comedy has always been the broadest of literary forms. In all its versions, comedy shows the astonishing and apparently universal ability of the human mind to discover both the ridiculous and the eternally hopeful amid the difficulties of human life. Explores the many ways in which writers in different times and places have succeeded in finding reasons to smile, to laugh, and to hope. Ranges from the romantic comedy of Shakespeare to the ferocious satire of Jonathan Swift to the comedy of manners of Jane Austen to the genial optimism of Bill Cosby to the zany farce of the Marx Brothers. The particular works to be considered will vary from year to year.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bentley.edu

Phone Number:

(800) 523-2354

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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