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Papers presented at a conference, Athenian Law and Life, held in Glasgow, 30 June-2 July 2001.
Slapstick comedy and its cast of film stars' Charlie Chaplin, the Keystone Cops, Fatty Arbuckle, and Buster Keaton among them' has long been viewed as central to the early formal development of narrative cinema generally, and of American cinema in particular. This new volume in …
Encourages us to wonder why critics have routinely dismissed the epic film. This work argues that blockbuster and artistic are not mutually exclusive terms and that epic film is an inherently profound genre in its ability to tap into a nation's dreams and fears.
"The comedies of Aristophanes are known not only for their boldly imaginative plots but for the ways in which they incorporate and orchestrate a wide variety of literary genres and speech styles. In this study, Charles Platter interprets the complexities of Aristophanes' work th…
Romantic comedy is an enduringly popular genre which has maintained its appeal by constantly evolving, from the screwball comedy to the recent emergence of the bromance. Romantic Comedy examines the history of the genre, considering the social and cultural context for key develo…
Through a group of films from the late 60s and 70s which have been totally obliterated in the canonical studies about Spanish film due to their low technical quality and apparent triviality, this study focuses on their cultural impact, overwhelming production and extending consu…
Live feminist stand-up comedy, and the shared laughter it generates, is a potent form of popular cultural performance that has become increasingly politically relevant and commercially successful in contemporary North America. In this thesis, I take an interdisciplinary, mixed-m…
A presente proposta de projecto final de mestrado versa sobre o Vale de Santo António em Lisboa, criando o seu próprio universo particular.