Vladimir Propp

On the Comic and Laughter

Herausgeber: Debbèche, Jean-Patrick; Perron, Paul J

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 165mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780802099266
• ISBN-10: 0802099262
• Artikelnr.: 26607389

Autorenporträt

The late Vladimir Propp (1895-1970) was a literary critic and folklore specialist.

Inhaltsangabe

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