How Long to Read The Name and Nature of Tragicomedy

How Long Does it Take to Read The Name and Nature of Tragicomedy?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 41 minutes to read The Name and Nature of Tragicomedy by Verna A. Foster

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Focusing on European tragicomedy from the early modern period to the theatre of the absurd, Verna Foster here argues for the independence of tragicomedy as a genre that perceives and communicates human experience differently from the various forms of tragedy, comedy, and the drame (serious drama that is neither comic nor tragic). Foster posits that, in the sense of the dramaturgical and emotional fusion of tragic and comic elements to create a distinguishable new genre, tragicomedy has emerged only twice in the history of drama. She argues that tragicomedy first emerged and was controversial in the Renaissance; and that it has in modern times replaced tragedy itself as the most serious and moving of all dramatic genres. In the first section of the book, the author analyzes the name 'tragicomedy' and the genre's problems of identity; then goes on to explore early modern tragicomedies by Shakespeare, Beaumont and Fletcher, and Massinger. A transitional chapter addresses cognate genres. The final section of the book focuses on modern tragicomedies by Ibsen, Chekhov, Synge, O'Casey, Williams, Ionesco, Beckett and Pinter. By exploring dramaturgical similarities between early modern and modern tragicomedies, Foster demonstrates the persistence of tragicomedy's generic markers and provides a more precise conceptual framework for the genre than has so far been available.

How long is The Name and Nature of Tragicomedy?

The Name and Nature of Tragicomedy by Verna A. Foster is 335 pages long, and a total of 85,425 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Name and Nature of Tragicomedy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 46 minutes to read The Name and Nature of Tragicomedy aloud.

What Reading Level is The Name and Nature of Tragicomedy?

The Name and Nature of Tragicomedy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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