Tragedy versus Comedy: On Why Comedy is the Equal of Tragedy  

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Kieran, Matthew

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Ethical Perspectives: Journal of the European Ethics Network vol. 20 no. 3 (Sep. 2013), page 427-4750.
Topik: philosophical aesthetics; methodological concerns; Comedy

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE45 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Tragedy is superior to comedy. This is the received view in much philosophical aesthetics, literary criticism and among many ordinary literary appreciators. The present contribution outlines three standard types of reasons (and the main variants therein) given to underwrite the conceptual nature of the superiority claim, focusing on narrative structure, audience response and moral or human significance respectively. It sketches some possible inter-relations between the types of reasons given and raises various methodological concerns about how the argument for tragedy’s superiority typically proceeds. The article then outlines a normative account of a type of literary or dramatic comedy – ‘high comedy’ – which proves to be tragedy’s equal. High comedies, it will be argued, have complex narrative structures, shaping audience responses and underwriting the moral significance of the comic mode. The received view is unjustified, and appreciating why this is so casts light on the nature and value of (a certain kind of) comedy.

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