On the Comic and Laughter / / Vladimir Propp; ed. by Jean-Patrick Debbèche, Paul J. Perron.
An extensive investigation of the forms and functions of the comic, this lively and engaging English critical edition will be welcomed by those interested in laughter, comedy, folklore, Russian literature, and specific authors such as Gogol, Pushkin, Chekhov, Rabelais, Molière, and Shakespeare. The...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1 Methodology
- 2 Types of Laughter and Ridiculing Laughter as a Type
- 3 Those Who Laugh and Those Who Do Not
- 4 The Ridiculous in Nature
- 5 Preliminary Observations
- 6 The Physical Side of Humans
- 7 The Comic of Similarity
- 8 The 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 The 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
- Notes
- References