Coronas del Parnaso y Platos de las musas de Alonso Jerónimo de Salas Barbadillo by Anne Cayuela

“…This mixed work, which includes fables, poems, novel, entremeses, comedies and epistles, far from being a mere juxtaposition, is a product of the author’s promotional designs. …”
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Eklektizismus im Avant-propos: Balzacs Erklärung der Erkenntnisform und der Paradigmenwechsel in ‚Geschichtsschreibung‘ und Vorworttradition by Cordula Reichart

“…<p>Der vorliegende Beitrag zu Honoré de Balzacs <em>Avant-propos</em> macht es sich zum Ziel, exemplarische Parameter des <em>Avant-propos </em>zur <em>Comédie humaine </em>(die Vorstellung des Gesamtplans, der Werkidee, die Relaisfunktion zum Werk bzw. zur Kritik) in einen funktionalen Zusammenhang zu bringen mit der Erklärung jener Aspekte des Gesamtanliegens, die die Kritik besonders herausforderten, weil sie dem Leser (noch) verborgen bzw. grundsätzlich entzogen bleiben müssen. …”
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D'une possible rivalité by Alexandre Péraud

“…Indeed, the creator of La Comédie humaine denounces the claim of political economy to occupy a prominent place in the hierarchy of knowledge. …”
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Al Maestro Jorge con cariño... by Paula Morabes

“…En especial aquel que se constituyó en el fundamento de una de las líneas de investigación del Comedi (el laboratorio en Comunicación, Educación, Medios y Discursos que dirijo) de cuyo comité científico Jorge Huergo -con la generosidad que lo caraterizaba- aceptó nuestra invitación a formar parte, desde su creación en el marco más amplio que constituye el Centro de Comunicación y Educación que hoy lleva su nombre. …”
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Il «borghese gentiluomo» mette in scena il mito greco: «Ariadne auf Naxos» by Gabriella Rovagnati

“…Questo studio illustra la difficile gestazione del libretto nelle sue due versioni (del 1912 e del 1916), un testo dalla doppia prospettiva che riprende a sua volta forme miste di teatro quali il masque e la comédie-ballet. Basandosi su alcune citazioni tratte da due dei nove volumi dei Diari del conte Harry Kessler, pubblicati rispettivamente nel 2005 e 2006, Rovagnati aggiunge diversi dettagli alle fonti già note dell’opera, come per esempio il balletto Les Lucioles di Claude Terasse.…”
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L’absence et le désir dans l’oeuvre de Pascale Kramer by Sandrine Fabbri

“…Entre auscultation de l’intimité et peinture sociale, l’auteure façonne une comédie humaine contemporaine aux accents profondément mélancoliques. …”
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Paradoxes of Time Travel in Juliusz Machulski’s Cinema by Magdalena Grabias

“…Best known for his 1980s comedies exposing the absurdities of the communist regime, Machulski takes us on a journey back in time in his two post-millennial time travel films. …”
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Paganism and Reform in Shakespeare’s Plays by Grace Tiffany

“…Shakespeare&rsquo;s comedies and romances associate the worship of Diana with the Catholic ideal of religious celibacy, and ultimately repudiate the Diana figure or transform her into a &ldquo;Christian&rdquo; spokeswoman who encourages and facilitates marriage and child-bearing. …”
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La lecture hagiographique comme pratique religieuse féminine (Espagne, xvie-xviie siècles) by Isabelle Poutrin

“…These were part and parcel of an approach to education that preferred devotional works and eschewed profane readings, chivalric romances and comedies. Under the influence of hagiographic narratives, young girls learned to imitate such examples, always however within the current canons of propriety and obedience demanded of females. …”
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„Człowiek z miasta” w świetle tekstów regionalnych z przełomu XIX i XX wieku by Rafał Kurzydło

“…The material underlying the research includes 122 short stories published in two volumes under the titles Gawędy iwkowskie (Tales from Iwkowa) and Komedyje iwkowskie (Comedies from Iwkowa). The examined short stories display a clear-cut division of the world into orbis interior and orbis exterior, and thus also present the dichotomy ”familiar – foreign”. …”
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Translating humour in audiovisual media by Peter Zolczer

“…The corpus consists of humorous scenes collected from two popular American situational comedies, namely Friends (1994) and The Big Bang Theory (2007). …”
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MEMORIAS DE COMUNICACIÓN/ EDUCACIÓN by Darío G. Martínez

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Ironie et humour dans la Vita d'Alfieri by Denise Alexandre

“…Elle décrypte le mécanisme du comique chez Alfieri, qui va du jeu de mot subtil à la petite scène de comédie, révélant en l’auteur un véritable humoriste, pour qui toutefois l’humour est peut-être un moyen de faire face à la vieillesse et de dissoudre les angoisses.…”
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L’allemand comme langue imaginaire chez Victor Hugo et Balzac by Jeanne Bem

“…The article focuses on one of his characters who appears in several novels of his Comédie humaine: the banker Nucingen. Nucingen’s identity itself is questionable. …”
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Voltaire and the 1760s

“…By the end of the decade, the <em>philosophes</em> were dominant in key literary institutions such as the Comédie-Française and the Académie française, and their enlightened programme became more widely accepted. …”

Ethos royal et pouvoir féminin : Laodamie, reine d’Épire (1689) de Catherine Bernard by Louise Frappier

“…Cet article s’intéresse à la construction de l’ethos, tout à la fois féminin et royal, du personnage éponyme dans la tragédie Laodamie, reine d’Épire de Catherine Bernard, créée en 1689 à la Comédie-Française, de même qu’à la tension générée par le conflit entre cet ethos et le pathos. …”
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The sixth-century city in the Roman East: survival or demise of the traditional urban context? by Jacobs, I

“…By the start of Late Antiquity, the Greek tragedies and comedies that associate with classical theatre had already been largely replaced by other kinds of shows, the most important being the mimes and pantomimes. …”

The Bird in the Corner of the Painting: Some Problems with the Use of Buddhist Texts to Study Buddhist Ornamental Art in Thailand by Justin McDaniel

“…Birds are so common in Buddhist stories, murals, illuminated manuscripts, dance dramas and comedies, jewelry, and decorative parts of clothing and temple architecture that they become, like ritual and music, repetitious affective encounters experienced in Buddhist popular culture. …”
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Moral transgressions against Victorian society in the tragic plays of Oscar Wilde by Qurratulain Javid

“…Critics would ultimately ignore Wilde’s lifelong engagement with socio-political change throughout his works due to his legacy as a scandalous celebrity. Today, his society comedies are at the forefront of his theatrical prowess, but his tragic plays are largely forgotten. …”
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Mogul og mesén: Filmprodusenten Egil Monn-Iversen by Tore Helseth

“…Many of his film productions were comedies that had considerable success, as had others in the fields of art cinema, historical drama and the only two musicals proper in Norwegian film history. …”
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