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‘That cannibal, the novel’: reflecting on genre

Promoting utopia

The Importance of Being Earnest

Charlotte Purkis discusses how Oscar Wilde’s comedy both entertains and challenges with its vision of a liberating fantasy world that opens the play to multiple interpretations

Presenting utopia through comedy avoids forcing a serious message on audiences

AQA (B): Paper 1 Aspects of comedy

Edexcel: Paper 1 Drama comedy

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