ABSTRACT
Formerly written det Comiske and Comœdie, or Komødie, among other variations, in Kierkegaard’s writings we normally find these words spelled with a “c” (Comik, comisk, Comiske, Comedie), and only very seldom with a “k” (Komiske, komisk, Komedie). From the Latin comoedia (Greek κωμῳδία), it refers to the genre of drama of amusing character and with no catastrophic ending. In this sense it is the direct opposite of tragedy.1
