Date of Award
5-1930
Degree Type
Bachelors Essay
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
English
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is an exposition of the methods used in the production of humor in the plays of that great Roman comic-dramatist, Titus Maccius Plautus. Humor is here understood to be that quality of the writer's imagination which tends to excite mirth. We intend to indicate just what constitutes the technique of Plautus' humor-production.
Recommended Citation
Archer, Jerome W., "The Technique of the Humor: Production in the Plays of Plautus" (1930). Bachelors’ Theses. 168.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/168
Comments
A Thesis submitted to the College of Liberal Arts, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts.