Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Comedy" in English language version.
The deliberate use by Menard of the term 'le rire' rather than 'l'humour' reflects accurately the current evidency to incorporate all instances of the comic in the analysis, while the classification in genres and fields such as grotesque, humour and even irony or satire always poses problems. The terms humour and laughter are therefore pragmatically used in recent historiography to cover the entire spectrum.
That Comedy sprang up and took shape in connection with Dionysiac or Phallic ritual has never been doubted.
