Dante chez Modiano: une divine comédie à Paris by Manet van Montfrans

“…Tout en s’inscrivant dans le réseau d’associations bien connu des lecteurs familiers de Modiano, les lieux parisiens qu’il évoque dans son roman Dans le café de la jeunesse perdue revêtent une dimension nouvelle et surprenante grâce aux rapports intertextuels avec la Divine Comédie de Dante.…”
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Comedy of commerce: Towards a wonderful exchange in land reform? by P. Paul Kruger

“…The inquiry argues that the ‘wonderful exchange’ acted out in its inner and outer commerce with the sancta [Christ as the Fruit of the land and his gracious benefits of land-giving and land-flourishing] and circling out into the sancti [the commerce of the ecclesiastical, ‘theatrical company’ of people in freedom, equality and brotherhood] should, prompted by the Holy Spirit (also in his cosmic inhabitation), decentralise this ‘comedy of commerce’ further into public, civil communities or ‘companies’ of people-and-land, permeated by this commerce’s play of freedom, equality and brotherhood.…”
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Review of Grant W. Smith's Names as Metaphors in Shakespeare's Comedies by Dorothy Dodge Robbins

“… Names as Metaphors in Shakespeare’s Comedies. By Grant W. Smith. Delaware: Vernon Press. …”
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BLACK SITUATIONAL COMEDIES: A LEGACY OF STEREOTYPES, IDEOLOGY, AND HEGEMONY by Donald Morgan

“…Keywords:   African American, situational comedies, archetype, ideology, hegemony, stereotypes…”
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Inappropriate Laughter: Affective Homophily and the Unlikely Comedy of #MeToo by Jenny Sundén, Susanna Paasonen

“…First, we deploy Nanette—Hannah Gadsby’s 2018 Netflix success heralded as the comedy of the #MeToo era—arguing that the uniform viral warmth surrounding the show drives the emergence of networked feminisms through “affective homophily,” or a love of feeling the same. …”
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A. P. CHEKHOV AND G. HAUPTMANN: TWO VERSIONS OF COMEDINESS by N. E. Razumova, A. Yu. Karpova

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How to do things with jokes: Speech acts in standup comedy by Debra Aarons, Marc Mierowsky

“…How to do things with jokes: Speech acts in standup comedy In How to Do Things with Words (1962), the philosopher John Austin claimed that we use words to do things in the world, not merely to express a state of affairs. …”
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Women's gender roles in contemporary Thai romantic comedy films by Witedwittayanusat, Kanokkorn

“…In the past decade, Thai romantic comedies have been gaining heightened popularity among both local and regional audiences. …”
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Queering the Greek television "comedy": Popular texts, dissident readings by Chairetis, S

“…These texts, despite their differences, fall under the general rubric of “comedy” and enjoy phenomenal popularity ever since their inaugural appearance on the small screen. …”

Amphitryon. The Comedy of Asses. The Pot of Gold. The Two Bacchises. The Captives by Plautus, T

“…<p>The rollicking comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205–184 BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Molière to modern times.…”

Joke structures and politeness strategies in Malaysian stand-up comedy by Chan, Teik Onn

“…According to Wilson (2008), stand-up comedy is a form of social criticism on ethnicities and politics other than a means for entertainment, and it can be effective with the correct use of politeness strategies. …”
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Usos benjaminianos del archivo. El caso de Agustina Comedi. by Sebastián Nicolás Cardella, Lucía Pisciottano

“… Este trabajo analiza El silencio es un cuerpo que cae de la directora argentina Agustina Comedi, con el objeto de indagar en la forma en que el film utiliza el archivo familiar para dislocar los códigos patriarcales y heteronormativos tanto en un nivel privado como público y colectivo. …”
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Sókratés v starej attickej komédii (Socrates in the Old Attic Comedy) by František Škvrnda

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“Mitogenicity”—the latest and most hilarious episode in the slapstick comedy of melanoma management. by Wolfgang Weyers

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Review: The Hollywood Romantic Comedy: Conventions, History and Controversies, by Leger Grindon by Betty Kaklamanidou

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Serbs, the craziest of all – TV comedy show "Kursadžije" by Grand Production by Marija Krstić

“…This paper is the result of research done on the TV comedy show (series) "Kursadžije" by Grand Production. …”
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Proper Monitoring and Parenting of the Girl Child in Nigerian Stand-up Comedy by Idowu James Adekunle

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Book Review: The Revolution Will Be Hilarious: Comedy for Social Change and Civic Power by Amelia Wade

“… Book review of The Revolution Will Be Hilarious: Comedy for Social Change and Civic Power …”
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Translating Euphemisms in an Audio-Visual Medium. The Case of Stand-Up Comedy by Frenţiu Luminiţa

“…The present paper investigates the difficulties in preserving humour in translating euphemisms in a specific, popular comedy genre: stand-up comedy. The investigation goes beyond the lexical level and focuses on the constraints of the audio-visual translation as well.…”
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