Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A species of broad farce, satirical in its aim, popular in Paris in the fifteenth century and the early part of the sixteenth, from which the later French comedy derived some of its elements. The sotties were put down on account of their political effect.
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Examples
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A dramatic monologue or a _sermon joyeux_ was commonly interposed between the _sottie_ and the Morality or miracle which followed.
A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Edward Dowden 1878
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The _sottie_, like the Morality, was a creation of the fifteenth century.
A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Edward Dowden 1878
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New species of the drama -- tragedy, comedy, pastoral -- replace the mediæval forms; but much of the genius of French classical comedy is a development from the Morality, the _sottie_, and the farce.
A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Edward Dowden 1878
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The _sottie_ at times rose from a mere diversion to satire; like the Morality, it could readily adapt itself to political criticism.
A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Edward Dowden 1878
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