A Comparative Study: American and Japanese Comic Performances
Date of Graduation
Summer 1993
Degree
Master of Arts
Department
Theatre and Dance
Committee Chair
Linda Park-Fuller
Abstract
This study compares the American and Japanese comic performances with a particular emphasis on situation comedy. The study uses Victor Turner's social drama approach as the method of investigation. As redress to each society, comic performances are analyzed in terms of the seven axes: festive, scatological, waggerish, violent, witty, satiric, and sympathetic. The study concludes that the proportion of the above seven axes, as they appear relevant in each culture, makes differnces in American and Japanese comic performances.
Subject Categories
Theatre and Performance Studies
Copyright
© Shinya Inoue
Recommended Citation
Inoue, Shinya, "A Comparative Study: American and Japanese Comic Performances" (1993). MSU Graduate Theses. 2456.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/2456
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