Small Island- Comedy Concepts

Question 1

What are the types of comedy present in the novel?

Answer 1

• The Bedroom Farce: A kind of farce which focuses on comic aspects of relationships and often takes place in bedrooms and corridors of a house.
• Black comedy: Comedy that treats very serious issues with humour (for, example in Small Island, racism.)
• Romantic Comedy: A gentler form of comedy that combines class and gender issues with comic love stories. It incorporates the lives of flawed characters against the backdrop of their social relationships.