| 单词 | new comedy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasNew Comedy New Comedy n. [compare ancient Greek κωμῳδίαι καιναί (plural), Hellenistic Greek κωμῳδία νέα] the last of the three phases into which ancient Greek comedy is customarily divided, typically depicting fictional characters and situations derived from contemporary domestic life, esp. the tribulations of young lovers; (also) comedies belonging to this phase. Cf. Middle Comedy n. at middle adj. and n. Compounds 1a, Old Comedy n. at old adj. Compounds 4.Menander is the principal author of New Comedy. The form was later adapted and developed by the Roman writers Plautus and Terence. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a comedy > other types of comedy Old Comedy1529 New Comedy1542 comedy of errors?1595 romantic comedy1748 musical comedy1765 comédie larmoyante1773 sketch1789 serio-comedy1808 vaudeville1827 teacup-and-saucer comedy1842 satyr play1845 Restoration comedy1866 zarzuela1888 situation comedy1893 sex comedy1915 sitcom1956 1542 N. Udall in tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 23v A decree was made that no manne should bee named to hys reproche and that was called ye newe comedie. 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 52 In their new Comedy which succeeded, the Poets sought indeed to express the ἦθος, as in their Tragedies the πάθος of Mankind. 1760 Monthly Rev. Oct. 298 The Romans applied themselves only to the new comedy. 1865 T. Wright Hist. Caricature & Grotesque i.15 In the New Comedy all caricature and parody, and all personal allusions, were entirely proscribed; it was changed entirely into a comedy of manners and domestic life. 1938 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 49 206 New Comedy is hardly comedy at all, but rather the bourgeois rehabilitation of tragedy. 1995 M. Banham Cambr. Guide Theatre (2000) 234/1 The plot of New Comedy was often structured on the most durable formula of all: young lovers separated by an obstacle are united at the grand finale. 2006 Greece & Rome 53 70 From Greek New Comedy descends a long and rich tradition in western comedy. < as lemmas |
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