Take My Course, Please! The Philosophy of Humor

Comedy and Tragedy (1x5)

Data emisji: Paź 10, 2018

We’re told that “comedy equals tragedy plus time.” Here, probe the fascinating relationship between comedy and tragedy. Central to this lecture is Aristotle’s Poetics (in which tragedy and comedy are distinct forms) and the ideas of Arthur Asa Berger (who sees comedy as a reaction to a tragic world).