The Unlearned Lesson from Tartuffe or the Comedic Typology and the Fight Against Fake News
Keywords:
Molière, Tartuffe, comedic typology, impostor, fake news, laughter, social mediaAbstract
It is often thought that the threat posed by fake news is a problem that strictly affects the modern world in which we live in and has become increasingly more prevalent with the rise of social media. In truth, fake news has been around for a far long a time that we might think, and its presence could be traced all the way back to ancient times. Although it was not always labeled as such, throughout history there have always been leaders or governments who have tried to manipulate the masses by feeding them false information and art has often been used both as a tool for propaganda and also as a means to depict the use of that propaganda. That is also the case with the famous comedy Tartuffe by Molière.
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