comedic fiction
Humorous narrative prose
Comedic fiction is narrative writing—novels, short stories, plays, screenplays—intended primarily to amuse.
The genre ranges from gentle humor to biting satire, from romantic comedy to absurdist farce.
What unites it is the priority of laughter: P.G. Wodehouse is the master of comedic fiction.
The term distinguishes humorous works from drama, tragedy, or serious literary fiction.
- rom-comFunny love story genre
- gallows humorJoking about grim subjects
- pratfallComedic fall on buttocks
- satireMockery exposing vice
- anachronismHistorical time-placement error
illogicality · parody · awkwardness · sight gag · lampoon · surrealism · irony · eccentricity · buffoonery · meet-cute · caricature · misunderstanding · odd couple · farce · nonsense · clowning · pastiche · coincidence
comedic fictiontragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
drama · tragic drama · weepies · tearjerkers · dark fiction
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