PT Journal
AU Vozdova, M
TI Marriage in the contemporary French comedy: Schmitt and De Vos
SO Romanica Olomucensia
PY 2017
BP 131
EP 142
VL 29
IS 1
DI 10.5507/ro.2017.010
DE contemporary French comedy; boulevard comedy; vaudeville; farce; Schmitt; De Vos
AB The paper deals with different variations on the subject of couples and marriage in contemporary comedy plays. First, the morphology of boulevard theatre genres is discussed: boulevard comedy, vaudeville and farce. Afterwards, two contemporary French playwrights are presented, together with an analysis of the specific depiction of the motifs of couples, marriage, and love triangles in their plays. The analysis includes Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt and his comedies The Guitrys (2013), Georges & Georges (2014), and Les Petites crimes conjugaux (2016) and Remi De Vos and his play Projection privee (1998).
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