tragedie (English spelling) tragedie

Japanese: tragédie(英語表記)tragedie
tragedie (English spelling) tragedie

...When comic elements are particularly prominent, the work may be called a tragicomedy, but in practice it is extremely difficult to distinguish whether an individual work is a tragedy or a tragicomedy.
[The Creation of Tragedy]
The Japanese word "tragedy" was created in the Meiji period as a translation of the English word "tragedy," the German word "Tragödie," and the French word "tragédie." These words originate from the Greek word "tragōidia," which means "the song of the goat."

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "tragédie" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…喜劇的要素がとくに顕著である場合,その作品は悲喜劇tragicomedyと呼ばれることがあるが,個々の作品についてそれが悲劇であるか悲喜劇であるかを区別することは,実際にはきわめて困難である。
[悲劇の成立]
 悲劇という日本語は英語のtragedy,ドイツ語のTragödie,フランス語のtragédieなどの訳語として明治時代に生まれた。これらの言葉の語源は〈ヤギの歌〉を意味するギリシア語tragōidiaである。…

※「tragédie」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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