Lecture Drama II - Modern drama: Lecture 11 - Dr Irum Zulfiqar - Trường Đại học Công nghiệp Thực phẩm Tp. Hồ Chí Minh

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DRAMA II

MODERN DRAMA

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SYNOPSIS

Juno and the Paycock

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Tragi­comedy

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Tragi-comedy

Tragi-comedy is a kind of writing in which

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Why Tragi-comedy?

 O’Casey’s “Juno and the Paycock” is a

<i>tragi­comedy</i> although, on the whole, it is a
serious and somber play having much

destruction and violence.

 But there are a number of comic elements in

the play which _{would not fit}into the pattern of
a tragedy.

 On the other hand, as the comic elements  do 
not outweigh the tragic ones, it would be

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<i>Comedy</i>

It means there is a <i>_{co­exis tence}</i> in the play of

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Mood ~ Beginning/Somber

The play starts with a graphic description of

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