On the other hand, as the comic elements do not outweigh the tragic ones, it would be. inappropriate to label the play as a comedy.[r]
Trang 1DRAMA II
MODERN DRAMA
Lecture 11
Trang 2Juno and the Paycock
1. Tragicomedy
2. A Feminis tic Play
Trang 3Tragicomedy
Trang 4Tragi-comedy
Tragi-comedy is a kind of writing in which
comedy is hovering on the brinks of
tragedy
Trang 5Why Tragi-comedy?
O’Casey’s “Juno and the Paycock” is a
tragicomedy 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
inappropriate to label the play as a comedy
Trang 6It means there is a coexis tence in the play of tragic and comic elements and so, the best
course is to treat it as a tragicomedy.
Trang 7Mood ~ Beginning/Somber
The play starts with a graphic description of
Boyle’s hous ehold.
Trang 8Mood Transition
Trang 9Mr. Boyle: grotes ques
Trang 10Mood~ Transition/Comedy