COMPARISON TABLE BETWEEN COMEDY AND DRAMA
COMEDY DRAMA
CHARACTERISTICS Comic or optimistic aspect of life. Comedy
normally exposed and harshly criticized
everything that irritated the poet, addressing
the audience in a language that the poet
understood perfectly. YO
CLASSIFICATION DRAMATIC SUBGENRE
CONTENT AND There is usually a prologue before the
LINGUISTICS entrance of the chorus (parodos).
DIFFERENCES
The actors usually maintain frequent agones
(fights) with the chorus.
The original element of comedy is parabasis,
in which the action is interrupted and the
actors address the audience, to make a
capitation benevolentiae and get the prize for
their work.
The protagonist is not a hero of myth, but a
hero of the people who parodies the ancient
warriors.
Processions and parties are frequent to put
an end to the work. The fantastic and
obscene elements play an important role.
EXAMPLES William Shakespeare “The Two Gentlemen
of Verona”, “The Merry Wives of Windsor”,
“Much Ado About Nothing”, by another
author Moliere “The Tartuffe”, “Doctor with
Sticks”, “The Miser”, “The Beautiful
Ridiculous Ones” , “women's school”, “the
wise women”
Prof. Cuauhtémoc Alejandro Martínez Mendoza
Aspects of tragedy and comedy. Literary
work with a sad subject, in verse or prose,
which is characterized by the exclusive use
of dialogue between the characters and
which is written to be performed in a scenic
space.
DRAMATIC SUBGENRE
The drama does not have a defined
character, but rather tragic and comic
aspects are combined indistinctly. This is
because drama aims to represent life as it is,
which is why it tends to treat issues less
rigidly than tragedy and comedy.
The term drama comes from the Greek word
meaning "to do", and for that reason it is
normally associated with the idea of action. In
general terms, drama is understood to be a
story that narrates the life events of a series
of characters.
“The Phantom of the Opera,” “Romeo and
Juliet,” “Macbeth,” “Othello,” “A Midsummer
Night's Dream,” “Life is a Dream” and
“Hamlet” by William Shakespeare, “La
Celestina,” Fernando de Rojas, "Life is a
Dream" Calderón de la Barca, "Don Juan
Tenorio" José Zorrilla, "Fuenteovejuna" Lope
de Vega, "The Yes of the Girls" Leandro
Fernández de Moratín, "Divinas Palabras",
"Luces de Bohemia" Valle-Inclán
"Yerma", "The House of Bernarda Alba" F.
García Lorca, "The Revenge of D. Mendo"
Pedro Muñoz Seca, "The Lady of the Dawn"
Alejandro Casona, "The Joyful Genius",
Álvarez Quintero