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On the comic and laughter /Vladimir Propp ; edited and translated by Jean-Patrick Debbèche and Paul Perron.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Russian Publication details: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2009.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 191 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442697201
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BH301 .O584 2009
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Jean-Patrick Debbeche and Paul Perron -- 1. Methodology -- 2. Types of Laughter and Ridiculing Laughter as a Type -- 3. Those Who Laugh and Those Who Do Not -- 4. Ridiculous in Nature -- 5. Preliminary Observations -- 6. Physical Side of Humans -- 7. Comic of Similarity -- 8. Comic of Difference -- 9. Humans Disguised as Animals -- 10. Humans as Things -- 11. Ridiculing the Professions -- 12. Parody -- 13. Comic Exaggeration -- 14. Foiled Plans -- 15. Duping -- 16. Incongruity -- 17. Lying -- 18. Verbal Devices of the Comic -- 19. Comic Characters -- 20. Role Exchange: 'Much Ado About Nothing' -- 21. Benign Laughter -- 22. Bitter and Cynical Laughter -- 23. Joyful Laughter -- 24. Ritual Laughter -- 25. Carnival Laughter -- 26. Conclusion, Results, and Further Thoughts -- 27. On Aesthetic Qualities.
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Translation of: Problemy komizma i smekha.

Foreword / Jean-Patrick Debbeche and Paul Perron -- 1. Methodology -- 2. Types of Laughter and Ridiculing Laughter as a Type -- 3. Those Who Laugh and Those Who Do Not -- 4. Ridiculous in Nature -- 5. Preliminary Observations -- 6. Physical Side of Humans -- 7. Comic of Similarity -- 8. Comic of Difference -- 9. Humans Disguised as Animals -- 10. Humans as Things -- 11. Ridiculing the Professions -- 12. Parody -- 13. Comic Exaggeration -- 14. Foiled Plans -- 15. Duping -- 16. Incongruity -- 17. Lying -- 18. Verbal Devices of the Comic -- 19. Comic Characters -- 20. Role Exchange: 'Much Ado About Nothing' -- 21. Benign Laughter -- 22. Bitter and Cynical Laughter -- 23. Joyful Laughter -- 24. Ritual Laughter -- 25. Carnival Laughter -- 26. Conclusion, Results, and Further Thoughts -- 27. On Aesthetic Qualities.

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