The comic and the tragic effects in Stephen Chifunyise’s transformative theatre: The case of “Rituals” and “Heal the Wounds” By ISHEUNESU MOYO DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF THEATRE ARTS 4TH YEAR SPECIAL HONOURS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE’S DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ARTS SUPERVISED BY KELVIN CHIKONZO May 2012 DECLARATION I declare that this report is my own unaided work. It is being submitted in partial fulfilment of the 4th Year Honours Degree in Theatre Arts
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succinct definition of this style of humour is Mouton de Gruyter’s novel the Primer of Humor (which was edited by Victor Raskin) where he states Scatology is “literature that discusses excrement and its production”³. These definitions deliver a distinct framework of what is purported by the term Scatological Humour; as a consequence‚ we can now commence on our exploration of this representation of humour and how it is expressed in these three medieval
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Sanderson ENGL100-S03 Lynn Wells February 28‚ 2013 Humor: Is it the Correct Thing to use in Times of Despair? Wherever you are there will always be two things in this world‚ sickness and racism‚ but the way you deal with them makes you who become. For many people humor is a coping device to both‚ however others find laughter hard to deal with in times of despair. When Jimmy finds out he has an incurable disease he leans on his crutch of humor. Trying to use it to explain it to his wife‚ Norma‚
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A sense of humor can make difficult times easier to bear The sense of humor is one of the most powerful tools we have. People who without a sense of humor may find themselves belittled‚ mocked‚ or treated as stupid‚ leading to anxiety and depression. A good sense of humor is just like weapon‚ and it can beat the difficult situations in many ways. First‚ a sense of humor can dispel tension. That is a good way to express you without hurt others at the same time. I remember two years ago‚ after Senator
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President Obama’s victory speech was filled with many instances of humour and wit which surely would have raised the spirits of his fans and followers. Obama began by thanking his supporters and the people of US for his victory. He makes a rather witty note when he says‚ “I want to thank every American who participated in this election. Whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time – by the way‚ we have to fix that – whether you pounded the pavement or picked
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stories better by using dark humor? Poe doesn’t need to add humor to his stories to make them better. Yet he writes this story and adds multiple humorous moments and it just makes the story creepier. I think that Poe’s choice of adding humor to this story was a good idea on his part. Poe’s use of humor in this story adds to the horror because it makes the story more suspenseful‚ it adds to the creepiness‚ and some of his words of humor have a double meaning. Poe’s use of humor in some cases builds the
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1888 PressRelease - Independent publisher‚ Live Consciously’s latest title‚ The Facebook Diet: 50 Funny Signs of Facebook Addiction and Ways to Unplug‚ wins the 2013 Mom’s Choice Gold Award for Humor Books. Los Angeles-Long Beach‚ CA - Independent publisher‚ Live Consciously‚ (http://www.liveconsciouslynow.com) is pleased to announce that its most recent title‚ The Facebook Diet: 50 Funny Signs of Facebook Addiction and Ways to Unplug with a Digital Detox‚ the first book in The Unplug Series -
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In the restoration‚ English drama died out. After the brilliant period of English drama‚ which was the renaissance period‚ there is the period of decline and stagnation. There are different reasons for that: theatres were closed and reopened after 18 years‚ this is a period of civil war and people wanted to fight for nothing else as they experienced the war. Writers wrote from the head‚ not from the heart. The genre that dominated at this time was satire. This is the age of disillusion‚ this
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without really thinking much about it. We all do it from time to time (some more than others!) and we’ve been doing it since we were infants. It’s something that we were rewarded for when we were tiny babies. Just think about how often people try to make babies laugh and how clearly pleased they appear once the giggle erupts from that tiny little mouth. We were encouraged to laugh and we received positive responses when we did so. As we grew older‚ we realized that there are different types of
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successful popular cultural phenomenon that is ’Seinfeld’. In an era where sex‚ violence and special effects are becoming more prominent forms of popular entertainment (Gracia‚ 2000.)‚ how is a self professed show that ’’is about nothing’’ (Gracia‚ 2000‚ p150.) so successful with audiences? What is it that denotes success? How do we determine if something is successful? Obviously for a television show‚ like Seinfeld‚ to succeed it needs to gain a certain amount of appreciation from its audience in order
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