Institute for Travesty,
Comedy, and Humor Studies
A Place for Serious Lovers of Comedy and Humor
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A “first installment” on a study of the cultural background to the formative centuries for comedy and tragedy, 400 B.C. to 20 A.D.
And NOW. . .further chapters on competing classical cultures, including "Monotheism," "Slavery," "The Second Temple," "The Synagogue," "Animism," and "Psychological Outgrowth of Animism."
Trending on ITCHS: Exploring Comedic Subgenres
Humor Structure Interplay in Steel Magnolias
Stagecoach, John Ford, and Redemption Comedy
Beckett's Changing Faith
Enduring Favorites
Humor Corner: Incongruity
Cheshire Smile: Comedic Structure in Henry IV, Part I
December Comedy: The Irrepressibly Complex Falstaff
Full-length critical works published on this site include
Comedic Tenor, Comic Vehicle: Humor in American Film Comedy
December Comedy: Studies in Senior Comedy and Other Essays
Cheshire Smile: Humor Texture and Personality in Shakespeare's Comedies
Four Seasons: Variations in American Vitalist Film Comedy
Comedy in Space, Time, and the Imagination
Exploring Shakespearean Tragedy
Plays and Films Discussed
Plays
Jean Anouilh, The Waltz of the Toreadors, New Mood, Chap. 3, pp 8-14
Aristophanes, The Birds
Samuel Beckett, Endgame
Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress
Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya, in New Mood, Chap. 3, p 3
William Congreve, The Way of the World, in New Mood, Chap. 1, p 7, 24
Friedrich Duerrenmatt: The Visit
Jean Giraudoux, The Madwoman of Chaillot, in New Mood, Chap. 1, p 32
Jean Giraudoux, The Madwoman of Chaillot, in New Mood, Chap. 3, p 7
Lorraine Hansburry, Raisin in the Sun, in New Mood, Chap 1, p 31
Henrik Ibsen, Master Builder
Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt
Henrik Ibsen, Pillars of Society
Henrik Ibsen, Rosmersholm
Henrik Ibsen, The Wild Duck, in New Mood, Chap. 1, p 40
Eugène Ionesco, Rhinoceros, in New Mood, Chap. 2, p 31.
Ben Jonson, Volpone, New Mood, Chap. 1, p 11
Federico Garcia Lorca, Blood Wedding, in New Mood, Chap. 2, pp 2-5
Arthur Miller, After the Fall, in New Mood, Chap 1, p 36
Molière, L’Avare
Molière, Les Précieuses Ridicules
Molière, Tartuffe
Eugene O’Neill, The Iceman Cometh
Plautus, Menaechmi, in New Mood, Chap. 1, p 19
William Saroyan, The Time of Your Life
William Shakespeare, Comedies:
As You Like It: As Modern Criticism Likes It
As You Like It: Reconsidered as Formal Comedy
As You Like It: As Enhanced by Humor
Comedy of Errors: Comedy or Farce?
Henry IV, Part 1: Comedic Structure
Henry V: Heroic Comedy and Considerations of Scale
Midsummer Night’s Dream: Comedy or Comickedy?
Much Ado About Nothing: Sombre Comedy
William Shakespeare, Tragedies:
Hamlet: Exploring Shakespearean Tragedy
Hamlet: ISST Abstract, Chap. 6
Julius Caesar: ISST Abstract
King Lear: Exploring Shakespearean Tragedy
Macbeth: Exploring Shakespearean Tragedy
Othello: Exploring Shakespearean Tragedy
Troilus and Cressida: ISST Abstract, Chap.3
John Millington Synge, Riders to the Sea, in New Mood, Chap. 2 pp 2-4
Thorton Wilder, The Skin of Our Teeth
Films
Aladdin: Advocate Humor Personality
The Big Chill: Entropic Humor
The Blues Brothers: Bridgebuilder Humor Personality
Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Sombre Comedy, Definition, in New Mood, Chap.1, page 35
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: Crusader Humor Personality
Driving Miss Daisy: Winter Vitalist Comedy
Driving Miss Daisy: Senior Comedy and Comedic Innovation
Driving Miss Daisy: Senior Vitalist Humor
Father of the Bride: Consoler Humor Personality
Fiddler on the Roof: Winter Vitalist Comedy
The Graduate: Somber Comedy, Definition, in New Mood, Chap. 1, page 35
Forrest Gump: Twelve Forms of Irony
Forrest Gump: Finding the Dominant Humor Form
Grumpy Old Men: Erich Segal and Aristophanes
Grumpy Old Men: Senior Comedy and Comedic Innovation
Hondo: John Ford/John Wayne’s Romantic Comedy
A League of Their Own: Reconciliation Comedy
Life with Father: Fall Vitalist Comedy
A Mighty Wind: Getting the Right Genre
The Music Man: Intellectual Humor Personality
My Big Fat Greek Wedding: Reconciler Humor Personality
My Fair Lady: Summer Vitalist Comedy
My Fair Lady: Vitalist Techniques in Practice
On Golden Pond: Senior Comedy and Comedic Innovation
On Golden Pond: Senior Vitalist Humor
On Golden Pond: Summer Vitalist Comedy
Rain Man: Box Office Dark Comedy
Rain Man: The Recent Rapid Development of Comedy
Rocky: Fall Vitalist Comedy
Roman Holiday: Summer Vitalist Comedy
The Sound of Music: Spring Vitalist Comedy
Stagecoach: John Ford, and Redemption Comedy
Steel Magnolias: Humor Structure Interplay
Steel Magnolias: Vitalist Techniques in Practice
The Student Prince: Spring Vitalist Comedy
The Whales of August: Humor and Comedic Restoration of Balance