What is Comedy?

We are about to launch into a study of "The Importance of Being Earnest".  I want you to read the following essay, written in 1897 by George Meredith, called "The Idea of Comedy".  I would like to you post a blog, in which you reduce the essay to its essence: you will choose 5 statements from the essay, which you think represent the seminal premise(s) of the essay and explain what they mean in your own words.  You will then reflect upon these statements.  How has Meredith's conception of comedy held up?  Would the general public agree with his views?  Do you? Why or why not?  Keep the post to 400 words(excluding the quoted material from the essay) Do NOT go over!
http://emotional-literacy-education.com/classic-books-online-b/esycm10.htm
Make sure you post this by the end of next week: January 18th.

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The conversation has begun.

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Welcome to our Literature Circle

We are about to embark on a literary journey together.  We have been divided into three main categories: Post 1900 British/American, Classic Literature of the 1800s and Post Colonial.  We have each chosen a novel within one of the categories.  Our postings will share what we discover from our novels, and attempt to make connections within and without of our categories.  What ties our novels together? How are they unique? What do we learn of the age in which they are written, and what universal truths seem to be explored?  In the next few weeks, we will each post a blog based on the first quarter of the novel.  We will then respond to a blog: one within our category and one from without.  To help you navigate the world of blogging, please read the following:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/11/why-i-blog/307060/#.UOscymDv8Z4.email