Learning on ScreenDramatic Genres: Studying Comedy
- Synopsis
- This resource consists of a 96 page photocopiable booklet and a 2 hour DVD. The DVD features Dr Eric Langley and Professors Adam Roberts and Dan Rebellato on Shakespeare’s comedies, theories of laughter and comedy, and key dramatic comedies. The booklet covers an overview of comedy from the Greeks to the 21st-century, with an annotated timeline. Also covered are all aspects of comedy including: structure; characterisation; genre; language; the fool; subversion, misrule and carnivalesque; green worlds; identity, disguise and cross-dressing; women. There are suggestions for practical activities and integrated extracts from critical material to stimulate and extend students’ thinking.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2012
- Subjects
- Drama; Literature
- Keywords
- comedy; drama teaching
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £95.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 120 minutes
- Year
- 2016
Production Company
- Name
English and Media Centre
- info@englishandmedia.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0207 359 8080
- Fax
- 020 7354 0133
- Address
- 18 Compton Terrace
NW1 1RX
N1 2UN
Distributor
- Name
EMC Publications
- emc@education.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01634 729835
- Fax
- 01634 290175
- Address
- PO Box 105
Rochester
Kent ME2 4BE
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