Open AccessThe comic vision in contemporary British drama
Author(s) -
Annette Combrink
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
literator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2219-8237
pISSN - 0258-2279
DOI - 10.4102/lit.v1i1.1005
Subject(s) - extant taxon , comics , drama , literature , history , epistemology , aesthetics , philosophy , art , evolutionary biology , biology
There has long been controversy as to the necessity and validity of generic distinctions in literature, especially dramatic literature. Some of the earliest critical comment on literature was concerned with generic distinction and as Aristotle’s ideas (the earliest extant critical comment on literary genre) were firmly based on a study of plays performed at the time it would seem that he recognized that a generic type represented a particular attitude and vision of life on the part of the author