READING DRAMA: COMEDY / Worksheet

1) Provide the Hungarian equivalents of these terms:

comedy, comic, comedian, playwright, play, drama, farce, slapstick, irony, sarcasm, deadpan, black humour, parody

2) Match the terms with the short definitions:

sarcasm

slapstick

verbal irony

pastiche

imitation in a neutral manner

primarily provokes laughter

we feel superior to the object of laughter

we say something but we mean the opposite

superiority theory

black humour

farce

travesty

brutal humour, intended to hurt its target

physical comedy

incongruity between an event and the response

clumsy imitation

3) Insert the numbers in the relevant fields:

comedy of manners
farce
slapstick
romantic comedy
commedia dell’ arte
satiric comedy

1.  idealised lovers sorting out their tangled relationship

2.  focuses on the love intrigues of cynical and sophisticated young aristocrats

3.  mistaken identities

4.  improvisation

5.  union of lovers

6.  ridicules political practices

7.  pantomime

8.  verbal wit

9.  vulgar humour

10. makes fun of human folly

11. is not meant to criticise and kind of behaviour or moral standard

12. exaggerated characters

13. situation comedy

14. sketchily written

15. good-natured description of folly