RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Voždová, Marie
T1 Marriage in the contemporary French comedy: Schmitt and De Vos
JF Romanica Olomucensia
YR 2017
VO 29
IS 1
SP 131
OP 142
DO 10.5507/ro.2017.010
UL https://romanica.upol.cz/artkey/rom-201701-0010.php
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 Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt and his comedies The Guitrys (2013), Georges & Georges (2014), and Les Petites crimes conjugaux (2016) and Rémi De Vos and his play Projection privée (1998).