The distinction between comedy and tragedy which characterized classical drama was first forgotten during what period in England ?
Correct answer: A. Medieval
- A. Medieval
- B. Romantic
- C. Victorian
- D. Elizabethan
Explanation
Medieval English drama often combined serious religious material with comic scenes, weakening the strict classical separation between tragedy and comedy. Elizabethan drama later inherited and developed this mixed tendency, but the initial forgetting is conventionally linked to the medieval period.
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