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Conventions Of Comedy

Conventions of Comedy is a systematic framework within genre theory that identifies and codifies the recurrent structural, thematic, and stylistic elements distinguishing comedic texts from other narrative forms.

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95

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2017–2026

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Comic Conventions

Parents

Publications

82

The Maculate Muse: Obscene Language in Attic Comedy

Kenneth J. Reckford, Jeffrey Henderson · The Classical World · 1976 · 396 citations

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Gay characters in conventional spaces: Will and Grace and the situation comedy genre

Kathleen Battles, Wendy Hilton-Morrow · Critical Studies in Media Communication · 2002 · 228 citations

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Aristotle on Comedy: Towards a Reconstruction of Poetics II

Thomas G. Rosenmeyer, Richard Janko · Phoenix · 1985 · 210 citations

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Essays and Poems and 'Simplicity, a Comedy'

James A. Winn, Mary Wortley Montagu, Robert Halsband et al. · The Yearbook of English Studies · 1980 · 160 citations

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What's So Funny? The Comic Conception of Culture and Society.

Sasha Weitman, Murray S. Davis · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1994 · 133 citations

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Authors

95

  1. RJ
    Richard Janko

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 286 citations

    3

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  2. HL
    Hàrry Levin

    Cornell University, United States

    2 publications · 40 citations

    2

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  3. JH
    Jeffrey Henderson

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 458 citations

    2

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  4. MC
    Milton Crane

    Washington Center, United States

    2 publications · 73 citations

    2

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  5. SC
    Susan Carlson

    Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States

    2 publications · 32 citations

    2

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Institutions

23

  1. Washington Center

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    73 citations

  2. Brunel University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

  3. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  4. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  5. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    456 citations

  6. Gonzaga University

    Spokane, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  7. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  8. California University of Pennsylvania

    California, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    76 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 15 publications · 540 citations

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  2. Shakespeare Quarterly

    6 publications · 179 citations

    6

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  3. The Classical World

    4 publications · 554 citations

    4

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  4. The Modern Language Review

    3 publications · 105 citations

    3

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  5. The American Journal of Philology

    AJP · 3 publications · 128 citations

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