On the Idea of Comedy

Japanese: 《On the Idea of Comedy》（英語表記）OntheIdeaofComedy

...The genres proposed by Diderot were "serious comedy" and "larmoyante," and sentimental comedy was also popular in Germany. G. Meredith's "On the Idea of Comedy" (lecture given in 1877, published in 1897) cites Germany as an example of a country with a low social development where good comedy cannot be produced, but comedies such as Lessing's "Minna von Barnhelm," which features a sympathetic protagonist, should be seen as a German comedy with warm feelings, which is a different genre from Molière's comedy. The influence of Molière in the 17th century was recognized by JL Holberg in Denmark, and in Italy, C. Goldoni left behind a literary comedy of characters, despite being hindered by C. Gozzi and others who clung to the tradition of improvisational comedy. ...

*Some of the terminology used in "On the Idea of Comedy" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…ディドロの提唱する〈まじめな喜劇comédie serieuse〉や，催涙喜劇comédie larmoyanteというジャンルがそれで，ドイツでも感傷喜劇が流行した。G.メレディスの《喜劇論On the Idea of Comedy》(1877年講演，97年出版)では，社会的な発展の遅れた国で，よい喜劇は生まれない例としてドイツを挙げているが，共感できる主人公の登場するレッシングの《ミンナ･フォン･バルンヘルム》のような喜劇は，モリエール流の喜劇とはジャンルの異なる温かい情をもったドイツ的喜劇とみるべきだろう。　17世紀のモリエールの影響はデンマークのJ.L.ホルベアなどに認められ，イタリアでは，C.ゴルドーニが，即興喜劇の伝統に固執するC.ゴッツィなどの妨害に出会いながら，文学的な性格喜劇を残した。…

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