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Comic Elements in the Drama "Cripple of Inishmaan" by Martin McDonagh

Name: Comic Elements in the Drama "Cripple of Inishmaan" by Martin McDonagh
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Author: Maren Tanner
ISBN: 978-3-656-47432-6

Term Paper (Advanced seminar), 2010

20 Pages, Grade: 2,7

Maren Tanner (Author)

Excerpt

1. Introduction

2. About the author

3. About the play
3.1. Plot
3.2. Reference to “Men of Aran”

4. What is comedy?
4.1. Humour Theories – Incongruity, Superiority and Release/Relief Theory
4.2. Ethnic Humour
4.3. Structure of a comedy
4.4. Stock characters

5. Humour in the Cripple of Inishmaan
5.1. characters
5.1.1. Johnnypateenmike
5.1.2. Mammy
5.1.3. Kate and Eileen
5.1.4. Bartley
5.1.5. Helen
5.1.6. Billy
5.2. Style
5.2.1. Language
5.2.2. Repetitions

6. The cripple of Inishmaan – an Irish national drama?

7. Conclusion

8. Works Cited

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Details

Title: Comic Elements in the Drama "Cripple of Inishmaan" by Martin McDonagh
College: University of Tubingen
Course: Irish Drama
Grade: 2,7
Author: Maren Tanner (Author)
Year: 2010
Pages: 20
Catalog Number: V231030
ISBN (eBook): 9783656474296
ISBN (Book): 9783656474326
File size: 530 KB
Language: English
Keywords: comic, cripple, inishmaan, martin, mcdonagh

Quote paper: Maren Tanner (Author), 2010, Comic Elements in the Drama "Cripple of Inishmaan" by Martin McDonagh, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/231030

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