What lies beyond and within humour: A relevance-theoretic approach to propositional meanings in the sitcom Modern Family by Magdalena Wieczorek

“…The corpus is drawn from the American situation comedy Modern Family (2009-2020), created by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd. …”
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Jacobean Morality and Moral Performativity in Volpone and Women Beware Women by Gül Kurtuluş

“…In Volpone, or the Fox, Ben Jonson conveys a moral message, blending the satirical comedy with the feigning death of the protagonist Volpone, who spreads the false news of his death to the legacy hunters. …”
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Parody, Controversy, Commercial Opportunity: Samuel Foote’s The Minor (1760) and Its Reception by Pierre Labrune

“…This article studies Samuel Foote’s comedy The Minor, created in 1760, and the controversy it provoked. …”
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Le mythe comme détour dans Twelfth Night by Cécile Mauré

“…The references are numerous and often implicit. The characters themselves alternately play the roles of Echo and Narcissus. …”
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Mel et sal. Suavité et sévérité de la voix dans Twelfth Night by François Laroque

“…Shakespeare’s comedy thus presents itself like an acoustic maze where identities and genres get blurred. …”
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SUPERNATURALISM AND MYSTICISM IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S PLAY HAMLET by Muharrani Nurmalasari, Ruly Adha

“…He produces two types of plays, namely comedy which usually talks about love and tragedy which talks about sadness. …”
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Plautus’ Casina and its uses in General Education-Level Gender History by Terrance L. Lewis

“…Since Casina was based on an Athenian New Comedy play (The Lot-Castors by Diphilus), it incorporates elements of late fourth/early third century BCE Athenian ideas on gender, gender roles, and sexuality as well as Republican Roman views on these same areas from approximately a century later. …”
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No-Way Out: Being Entrapped in Wedlock Plays of Alan Ayckbourn: How the Other Half Loves and The Garden by Eda Bayrakçı

“…The characters initially drawn as stereotypes develop into characters entrapped in marriage through their monologues including emotions. …”
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Extension du champ télécinématographique de la science-fiction. The Mandalorian (Disney+) by Hannedouche Cédric

“…Going beyond the expected constraints of a monomedia seriality largely based on an expected return of the characters or the variation of a plot from the cinematographic pilot, the Disney + series are rooted in shared universes and therefore transfictional (Saint-Gelais, 2011) much broader by bringing together narrative information given on other media (video games, animation, comics, etc.) that they absorb and claim. …”
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Parodies de dandies : travestissement et transgression des genres au music-hall by Catherine Rovera

“…It is also poles apart from slapstick comedy and the dames and principal boys of the Drury Lane pantomimes, as it blurs the line between the genders. …”
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The French Actor on the London Stage: Charles Fechter by Catherine Quirk

“…He began his stage career in Paris, first achieving success in amateur circles before joining the Comédie Française. Having taught himself more or less fluent English, he returned to London in 1860, performing at the Princess’s before taking over the lease of the Lyceum in 1862. …”
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De la désaffiliation dans My Son the Fanatic (Udayan Prasad, 1997) by Anne-Lise MARIN-LAMELLET

“…In hindsight, My Son the Fanatic turned out to be a prophetic tale going against many mainstream comedies promoting integration and celebrating the joys of multiculturalism. …”
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Lieux et milieux dans le Théâtre de Béziers (XVIIe siècle) by Jean-François Courouau

“…Domestics, numerous in comedies, include rakish valets and loose chambermaids. …”
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