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Definition of Tragicomedy - Literary Devices
Tragicomedy is a genre that blends elements of both comedy and tragedy. A tragicomedy can either be a serious play with a happy ending—which is not the case with a straightforward tragedy—or a tragic play interspersed with moments of humor in order to lighten the mood.
http://www.literarydevices.com/tragicomedy/
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Tragicomedy - Britannica
Tragicomedy, dramatic work incorporating both tragic and comic elements.
https://www.britannica.com/art/tragicomedy
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Definition of Tragicomedy- Literary Devices
Tragicomedy is a literary device used in fictional works. It contains both tragedy and comedy. Mostly, the characters in tragicomedy are exaggerated and sometimes there might be a happy ending after a series of unfortunate events.
http://literarydevices.net/tragicomedy/
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Tragicomedy - Music in the Nineteenth Century
The librettist of Ernani was Francesco Maria Piave (1810 - 1876), with whom Verdi collaborated over the next eighteen years on more than a dozen projects, making Piave the composer's most faithful and prolific accomplice.
http://www.oxfordwesternmusic.com/view/Volume3/actrade-9780195384833-div1-011005.xml
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Tragicomedy - The Free Dictionary
Tragicomedy: a form of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy. Tragicomedy is based on a sense of the relativity of the prevailing values of life that manifests itself in drama during spiritual turning points in history.
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/tragicomedy
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Tragicomedy Definition and Examples - Study
Have you ever read a book or watched a movie that made you laugh and cry? Chances are it was a tragicomedy.
http://study.com/academy/lesson/tragicomedy-definition-examples.html
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Tragicomedy - Britannica
Dramatic work incorporating both tragic and comic elements. When coined by the Roman dramatist Plautus in the 2nd century bc, the word denoted a play in which gods and men.
http://www.britannica.com/art/tragicomedy
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Tragicomedy Examples
A tragicomedy is a play that has both tragic and comedic elements. It can be a tragedy with a happy ending, or it can be a tragedy with enough comic relief that the mood of the entire play is improved.
http://www.softschools.com/examples/literary_terms/tragicomedy_examples/353
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Popular Tragicomedy Books - Goodreads
Books shelved as tragicomedy: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, and more.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/tragicomedy
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The First Law of Tragicomedy and Dramedy - The Write Practice
The key with tragicomedy is that the work needs to still largely be comedic, even though the plot lines may be serious in nature. In order to execute this balance, many writers will use the points of tension in their stories to gauge the points of comedy vs. tragedy.
https://thewritepractice.com/tragicomedy-dramedy/
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Philosophical Disquisitions: Comedy, Tragedy and Tragicomedy
This post is part of a series I am doing on the Shakespearean comedies. The series is purely an exercise in self-indulgence: I want to explore for myself the humanistic and philosophic themes that are illustrated in Shakespeare's comedies. If you want to come along for the ride, feel free.
http://philosophicaldisquisitions.blogspot.com/2009/12/comedy-tragedy-and-tragicomedy.html
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List of Books and Articles about Tragicomedy in Literature - Online Research Library: Questia
Discover librarian-selected research resources on Tragicomedy in Literature from the Questia online library, including full-text online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more.
https://www.questia.com/library/literature/literary-themes-and-topics/tragicomedy-in-literature
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Tragicomedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tragicomedy is a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms. Most often seen in dramatic literature, the term can variously describe either a tragic play which contains enough comic elements to lighten the overall mood or, often, a serious play with a happy ending.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragicomedy
