Date:  Wed, 19 Nov 1997 11:00:03 +0000
From:  David Bergdahl <bergdahl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU>
Subject: comedic

The term is now over for us and today I have a final in the sophomore
drama class. Repeatedly the term <comedic> turned up in papers where
<comic> would have sufficed. Is this a new piece of jargon on the model
of <societal> where <social> would do? There is a 1649 citation [I
believe in a shorter version of the OED] 'pertaining to or relating to
comedy' but in the the most recent MMLA a panel I was on was titled
"D.H. Lawrence, Satirist: Revealing Eros Through Comedic Technique." So
the term has some academic currency. I queried the coordinator of the
panel, a retired colleague, used the word for the humor. I haven't
searched for it on the net yet. Any intuitions? [distinterested parties
only]
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