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 .
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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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