Menander to Marivaux: The History of a Comic StructureThe author examines comedies based on a structure first used by Menander in the fourth century B.C. and brought to its precise formulations and brilliance by Marivaux in the eighteenth century A.D. |
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... Comedy - History and criticism . 2. Plots ( Drama , novel , etc. ) . I. Title . PN1922.G74 809.2'52 C77-002133-6 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be produced , stored in a retrieval system , or transmitted in any form ...
... Comedy - History and criticism . 2. Plots ( Drama , novel , etc. ) . I. Title . PN1922.G74 809.2'52 C77-002133-6 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be produced , stored in a retrieval system , or transmitted in any form ...
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... Comedy of Manners 77 . Dancourt 81 . The Ancien Théâtre Italien 90. Comedy of Character 98. Regnard , Dufresny , Lesage 101. Moralizing and Sentimental Comedy 108 . Chapter VI Marivaux and his Contemporaries 1715-1760 115 Marivaux 117.
... Comedy of Manners 77 . Dancourt 81 . The Ancien Théâtre Italien 90. Comedy of Character 98. Regnard , Dufresny , Lesage 101. Moralizing and Sentimental Comedy 108 . Chapter VI Marivaux and his Contemporaries 1715-1760 115 Marivaux 117.
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... Comedy of Character 138. Voltaire 142 . Chapter VII The Dissolution of F 145 Hypertrophy of F 147 . Servant Level 148 . and Family Life 152 . Erosion of the Problems of Conjugal F after 1760 153 . Conclusion 159 Notes 164 Bibliography ...
... Comedy of Character 138. Voltaire 142 . Chapter VII The Dissolution of F 145 Hypertrophy of F 147 . Servant Level 148 . and Family Life 152 . Erosion of the Problems of Conjugal F after 1760 153 . Conclusion 159 Notes 164 Bibliography ...
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Contents
Sources and Channels | 11 |
Towards F in France | 27 |
Molière and | 39 |
The Conscious | 75 |
Marivaux and | 115 |
The Dissolution of F | 145 |
Notes | 164 |
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action acts in prose Amants amoureux Angélique Argan Arlequin Arnolphe audiences Baron Bezons bien Boissy bourgeois Brueys c'est century Chaussée Chevalier Comédiens comedy of character comedy of manners comic comique commedia dell'arte conflict coquette Coraline Corneille Crispin Dancourt daughter dénouement Destouches Dorante dramatic dramatists Dufresny Eraste F Dancourt F situation F structure F-type fait farce father Fatouville Femme five acts Foire French Frontin Géronte Grand Hauteroche homme intrigue Isabelle Italian Jodelet L'Amant l'Amour L'Ecole L'Esprit Le Malade imaginaire Léandre Lélio Léonore Lisette lovers Madame maître Marivaux Marquis marriage marry Médecin Menander meneur de jeu Mercure galant Mère Mme Argante Molière Molière's Monsieur non-F one-act plays Orgon Oronte Paris père performances petit-maître pièce Plautus Poisson problem pure F qu'il qu'on Quinault Regnard Riccoboni role Scapin scene servant level Sganarelle soubrette stage success suivante Tartuffe Terence theatre Théâtre Français three acts Toinette tout Valère valet young