Tragicomedy is a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms. Most often seen in dramatic literature, the term can variously describe either a tragic play which contains enough comic elements to lighten the overall mood or, often, a serious play with a happy ending.
There is no complete formal definition of tragicomedy from the classical age. It appears that the Greek Philosopher Aristotle had something like the Renaissance ...
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Books In This Genre:
- Mister Johnson ,
- Lolita ,
- The Ice Storm ,
- Infinite Jest ,
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ,
- All Quiet on the Orient Express ,
- The Restraint of Beasts ,
- A Confederacy of Dunces ,
- An American Demon: A Memoir
Plays In This Genre:
- Uncle Vanya ,
- The Room ,
- The Seagull ,
- Waiting for Godot ,
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead ,
- Juno and the Paycock ,
- Endgame ,
- Six Characters in Search of an Author
