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Farce

Meaning in literature, with examples

nounCommon term

In literature, farce means: Comedy using exaggerated situations, physical action and unlikely misunderstandings.

In Turkish: fars, kaba güldürü

How it is used

Use for comic mechanisms such as mistaken identities and frantic entrances; it need not be literary failure.

Example sentences

  1. The farce sends three guests into the same wardrobe while the host answers the door.

    The crowded hiding place creates exaggerated physical comedy.

  2. We slowed the dialogue in rehearsal because the farce depended on the audience seeing the mistake.

    Timing must allow viewers to understand the comic misunderstanding.

Common collocations

  • stage a farce
  • an elaborate farce
  • comedyA play or story meant to amuse, usually built on misunderstandings and humor and ending happily, often with reunions or marriages.
  • dramatic structureThe organized pattern of action in a play or story, including stages such as setup, rising tension, climax, and resolution.

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