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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

The Alchemist as a satire

MEG-02: BRITISH DRAMA
ASSIGNMENT
(Based on Blocks 1-9)

Programme: MEG
Ast code: MEG-02/TMA/2016-17

Max. Marks: 100


QNO4: Examine The Alchemist as a satire .
T
he appreciation of Jonson’s comedy (Johnsonian Comedy) has been complicated by confining his contribution to the virtual invention of the genre, Comedy of Humours, undue emphasis on his classical erudition and alleging the want of Shakespearian spontaneity of spirit. Moreover, Johnson’s occasional observations on the nature and function of comedy, dispersed, as they are, throughout his plays do not offer a consistent conception of comedy except through an over simplification. Jonson’s defining of the impact of his satiric comedy is further highlighted through attention to the Prologue to The Alchemist. Johnsonian Comedy is examined in its literary social and economic dimensions.     ...................................



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