On the Comic and Laughter

Informationen zum Autor The late Vladimir Propp (1895-1970) was a literary critic and folklore specialist. Klappentext The author of the widely acclaimed Morphology of the Folktale has written an original, comprehensive, and exciting study on how humour works, and on everything you wanted to know about the genre, in a clear, approachable, and insightful manner. Zusammenfassung The author of the widely acclaimed Morphology of the Folktale has written an original! comprehensive! and exciting study on how humour works! and on everything you wanted to know about the genre! in a clear! approachable! and insightful manner. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Jean-Patrick Debbèche and Paul Perron Methodology Types of Laughter and Ridiculing Laughter as a Type Those Who Laugh and Those Who Do Not The Ridiculous in Nature Preliminary Observations The Physical Side of Humans The Comic of Similarity The Comic of Difference Humans Disgused as Animals Humans as Things Ridiculing the Professions Parody Comic Exaggeration Thwarted Plans Duping Incongruity Lying The Verbal Devices of the Comic Comic Characters Role Exchange: 'Much Ado about Nothing' Benign Laughter Bitter and Cynical Laughter Joyful Laughter Ritual Laughter Carnival Laughter Conclusion, Results and Further Thoughts On Aesthetic Qualities Notes References

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• Authors: Vladimir Propp
• Assisted by: Jean-Patrick Debbeche (Editor), Jean-Patrick Debbèche (Editor), Paul J. Perron (Editor), Jean-Patrick Debb?che (Translation), Jean-Patrick Debbèche (Translation), Paul J. Perron (Translation)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2009
• EAN: 9780802099266
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-9926-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Toronto Studies in Semiotics and Communication; Toronto Studies in Semiotics a; Toronto Studies in Semiotics and Communication; Toronto Studies in Semiotics a
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies