French comedy films occupy a specific cultural space and are influenced by national traditions and shared cultural references, but at the same time they have always been difficult to classify. This book investigates the different methods in which these comedies textually inscribed and exemplified a variety of cultural and historical landmarks.

Autorentext
Rémi Fournier Lanzoni is Associate Professor in Romance Languages at Wake Forest University, USA

Inhalt
Introduction 1. The Early Comedies of the Sound Era 2. The Comedies of Post War France 3. Comedy in the Modern Era 4. French Comedy Today