Category: Blog Post 4 (due Monday Feb 15 by 5 PM)
Readings:
• Northrop Frye, “The Argument of Comedy,” English Institute Essays (New York: Columbia, 1949), 58-73.
• Stanley Cavell, “Introduction: Words for a Conversation” and “Pros and Cons,” Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage (Cambridge, MA: Harvard, 1981), 1-42.
Rebirth, Makeover, and Patriarchy: The Cavell Circle
Romantic Comedies and Girls that Teach you to How to Live
Consciousness Within a Consciousness
Rooting For the Breakup – Lydia Hoffman
What About the Hays Code, Though? – Alexis Wilkins
New Comedy and ‘Babes in Toyland’ – Iona Wright
Mrs Doubtfire – A Restoration Of Family Over Marriage – With Burnt Tats On The Side
Shakespearean Virtues and Vices – Response to Northrop Frye’s ‘The Argument of Comedy’
