How did comedy come about? Who is Steve Harvey, Tyler Perry and Geoffrey Chaucer? What do they all have in common? Comedy started in the 425 early B.C. The first comedy was released on June 10, 1895, which is called “Tables Turned on the Gardener”. Steve Harvey is an American comedian born on January 17, 1957. Harvey is known for his best radio talk, T.V. host, author and actor. Harvey has a few books out right now, one of them is called “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” published in 2009 and another one is called “Straight Talk, No Chazer” published in 2010. The books use the comedy them, which is has a little jokes in the story but also get back on the topic he was writing about and gives you real life advice where you can take that advice …show more content…
Perry is also an American actor, producer, one of the funniest comedians of all time also a screenwriter and specialist in gospel music. Perry produced the most famous movies of all time that has to do with a character name “Madea”. He make comedy plays then turn them into movies and eventually they turn into book. The book is somewhat like the movie. Both authors almost have the same comedy style. Chaucer was born, circa 1340 in London England. He became a public servant in 1357 to countless Elizabeth of Ulster. The Canterbury Tales became his know best work. Chaucer work has funny things in ways when you can substitute one word and still come out to the same results that would make you laugh. All of the authors have very great books, maybe you should take a look at them some day. Comedy has changed over time with the style, the language and the way society …show more content…
Language is very important this is something we use to communicate with one another every day and it also can define a person. Chaucer book “The Canterbury Tales” is in modern English. Canterbury Tales is a book with 24 collections that run over about 1700 lines written in Middle English. The book writes and has its own ironic portrait of the society in his time. Perry and Harvey uses the English we use today in our society, sometimes with even a little profanity. Language is something we learn when we get to kindergarten. Depending on where we are born and raise reading and writing is something we learn in elementary. Language back in the Middle Ages, some people could not understand and translate. People still to this day do don’t understand the old and middle English. In Chaucer the books are hard to read, the language is still a little bit similar but you still have to try to put it together. Language is so different depending on whose telling the story and or writing it. We have a whole bunch of different language all around the world. Just imagine if every one of us had to learn every language. That would be a lot and half of us would not be able to do
Steve Almond’s “Funny is the New Deep” talks of the role that comedy has in our current society, and most certainly, it plays a huge role here. Namely, through what Almond [Aristotle?] calls the “comic impulse”, we as a people can speak of topics that would otherwise make many of uncomfortable. Almond deems the comic impulse as the most surefire way to keep heavy situations from becoming too foreboding. The comic impulse itself stems from our ability and unconscious need to defend and thus contend with the feeling of tragedy. As such, instead of rather forcing out humor, he implies that humor is something that is not consciously forced out from an author, but instead is more of a subconscious entity, coming out on its own. Almond emphasizes
It is about critical issues including child abuse and rape and how they are overcome by a strong belief in God. I Can Do Bad All by Myself is a 1999 play directed by, written by, and starring Tyler Perry. The play marks for the first official appearance of the well-known fictional character Madea, who is portrayed by Perry. Madea's Family Reunion is other one of his famous, older play.
Chaucer is a medieval author best known for his witty Canterbury Tales. He “was born between 1340 and 1345, probably in London. His father was a “prosperous wine merchant” (BBC). Drawing inspiration from what he had experienced in his lifetime, Chaucer wrote about his problems with a series of short stories, named the Canterbury Tales. These tales are abnormal, due to being written in English, instead of Latin, like most stories of that period.
The Roman Empire had many great author of satirical works throughout its history. Many of the earlier authors shaped the genre for others to come. Their work may not have be popular at the time, but may have shown popularity later in time. These writers formed the genre for current satirist like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Satire has come from history to the present time and will continue as long as humans can express themselves. Roman satire was a very important literary device that played an important part in their history which shaped writings for generation to come.
During the middle ages in England, 1154-1485, Henry II was king throughout the Renaissance; England established parish churches with their towers and had now retired from their late medieval form. Geoffrey Chaucer was born in the late 1300’s in London. He worked as a servant in the 1350’s making little to no money, just enough to pay for his own things. In 1366 Chaucer got married to a woman named Philippa. He started again and fulfilled diplomatic missions in Florence, Italy in 1370 through 1373. Chaucer had no time to write poetry, his true passion. His wife Philippa died in 1387 but he just kept working to pay debts.
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, (written c. 1387), is a richly varied compilation of fictional stories as told by a group of twenty-nine persons involved in a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury, England during the fourteenth century. This journey is to take those travelers who desire religious catharsis to the shrine of the holy martyr St. Thomas a Becket of Canterbury. The device of a springtime pilgrimage provided Chaucer with a diverse range of characters and experiences, with him being both a narrator and an observer. Written in Middle English, each tale depicts parables from each traveler.
Mandell, Jerome. Geoffrey Chaucer : building the fragments of the Canterbury tales. N.J. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1992.
Language or the way in which words are used is one of the most important components of a comedy. Through an intelligent use of word play and the ability to add
Geoffrey Chaucer was born around 1340, in London, Great Britain. He was a court writer during the rule of Edward III and Richard II. He had many acquaintances within nobles of that time. During his job, court writer, he observed the immoralities in the court, and as a reaction wrote his works. His purpose of his works was to entertain, and he mostly used the English language in order to deliver his work to as many people (to both noble, and not noble people) as possible, because French was the noble language, and English was a speaking language. Chaucer uses different kinds of people as his character, to deliver a real story. The Canterbury Tales is the most famous work of the Geoffrey Chaucer. It consists of the tales
Fourteenth century England was the core of all Medieval literature and society. Some of humanity’s most renown works were created during this time. Amongst the list of these works are the ever-so-famous Canterbury Tales. The Canterbury Tales was a compilation of twenty-four tales told by various pilgrims. The author, Geoffrey Chaucer, was wise enough to cluster together people of all social classes.
Geoffrey Chaucer’s lived an eventful life. Chaucer’s exact birth year remains unknown, “sometime between 1340 and 1344” in London (Geoffrey Chaucer). Chaucer moved through the social ladder “(t)hrough his father’s connections, Geoffrey held several positions early in his life, serving as a noblewoman’s page, a courtier, a diplomat, a civil servant, and a collector of scrap metal” (Geoffrey Chaucer). Under Feudalism, “Chaucer joined the English army’s invasion of France during the Hundred Years’ War” (Geoffrey Chaucer). During
...an see, when reading a work such as The Canterbury Tales, there are many advantages and disadvantages to the work being in both middle and modern English. Before reading such a work, one must realize his or her own purpose for reading the work and then decide on which version to read. It is the opinion of many that it is beneficial to read both versions in order to educate one self about both languages as well as to experience the evolution of the English language. The English language has changed greatly over the many centuries since the time this work was written. However, this work helps create a bridge between the languages of the middle and modern English worlds. This was a work that transcended any work previously written and one that will continue to have an important place in the history of English literature and the English language as a whole.
As Chaucer wishes to fulfill Horace’s rule of great poetry, as stated Ars Poetica, to both “delight and instruct”, the entertaining changing in narration and implication of morals does just that. In addition to the previously mentioned reasons for preservation, Chaucer’s form of writing and ability to change styles to accurately depict narration allowed his work to stand out in comparison to other English works. When taking this all into context, the need for preservation of The Canterbury Tales is
The Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer, is recognized as the first book of poetry written in the English language. This is because poetry was often written in Italian or Latin not English, even writers from England wrote in the other languages because English was considered low class and vulgar, but after Chaucer's writings were published they became a recognized and legitimate work. The Canterbury Tales gives modern readers a good judgment of language in the 14th century as it also gives a rich, elaborated tapestry of medieval social life, combining elements of all classes, from nobles to workers, from priests and nuns to drunkards and thieves. The view of the Canterbury Tales being held up as a precise reflection of English society in the 14th century is significantly correct, because they were very attached to the church and beliefs and the way they all act in the Tales shows how they really were a society of the Church.
Writers at the time such as Aristophanes and Menander wrote comedy similarly to how we do today, mocking politicians, fellow writers, and Greek philosophers (Mark Cartwright). The word ‘comedy’ is derived from Middle English, from Medieval Latin comoedia, from Latin, ‘drama with a happy ending’ (Merriam-Webster). This joyful type of performance may be why we commonly use the word ‘comedy’ to talk about jokes, humor, and hilarious performers. Comedy is meant to bring us joy and relief from reality’s negativity. Mary O’Hara wrote about comedy for a BBC article titled “How Comedy Makes us Better People”: “Comedy is more than just a pleasant way to pass an evening, humour more than something to amuse. They’re interwoven into the fabric of our everyday existence. Whether you’re sharing an amusing story down the pub, making a self-deprecating joke after someone pays you a compliment or telling a dark joke at a funeral, humour is everywhere. (O’Hara)” This is certainly an accurate statement about modern comedy. Comedy is not sadness, but rather a way to forget the woes of everyday life. What is the point in humorous incidents and ridiculous jokes if they do not make a person smile or laugh so hard their gut