______________is the school of literary writings is a medical theory ?
Correct answer: D. Comedy of Humours
- A. Comedy of Manners
- B. Theater of the Absurd
- C. Heroic Tragedy
- D. Comedy of Humours
Explanation
Comedy of Humours is based on the medical theory that a person’s character is shaped by the balance of four bodily humours: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Ben Jonson is strongly associated with this dramatic form.
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