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comedy (general genre) (<genres in literature and performing arts>, <concepts in the arts and humanities>, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Genre encompassing forms of theatre, literature, and improvisation with the basic objective to amuse, humor, and induce laughter. In general, it is often contrasted with tragedy and can be applied in the form of social criticism through satire and political or intellectual wit or applied in the form of pure spectacle through farce or burlesque. |
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comedy (general genre) (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,N)
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comic (general genre) (C,U,English,UF,U,A)
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喜劇 (藝術類型) (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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xi ju (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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xǐ jù (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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hsi chü (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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komedie (genre) (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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comédia (C,U,Portuguese-P,D,U,SN)
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alta comédia (C,U,Portuguese,AD,U,SN)
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comedia (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 類型中包含戲劇、文學和即興創作等形式,以引發歡娛、幽默和笑聲為基本目的。一般而言,通常與悲劇相反,可以應用在諷刺和政治性機智或使用於純社會批評,鬧劇或模仿劇。 |
Dutch ..... Genre waaronder theater-, literatuur- en improvisatievormen vallen waarvan het belangrijkste doel is mensen te amuseren en aan het lachen te maken. Tragedie wordt in het algemeen vaak ter contrastering gebruikt. Komedie kan een maatschappijkritische vorm krijgen door middel van satire en politieke of intellectuele spitsvondigheid, of kan puur spektakel zijn in de vorm van klucht of burleske. |
Portuguese ..... Gênero que engloba formas de teatro, literatura e improvisação com o objetivo básico de divertir, humor e induzir o riso. Em geral, é frequentemente contrastada com a tragédia e pode ser aplicada na forma de crítica social por meio da sátira e da sagacidade política ou intelectual ou aplicada na forma de puro espetáculo por meio de farsa ou burlesco. |
Spanish ..... Género que engloba formas de teatro, literatura e improvisación con el objetivo básico de entretener, complacer e inducir a la risa. En general, y es a menudo contrastado con la tragedia, puede ser aplicado en la forma de crítica social o sátira intelectual o aplicado en la forma de espectáculo puro a través de la farsa o parodia. |
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comedies (literary genre) |
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(<genres for literature>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, ... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) [300201014] |
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