On the Comic and Laughter / / Vladimir Propp; ed. by Jean-Patrick Debbèche, Paul J. Perron.

• VerfasserIn: Propp, Vladimir,
• HerausgeberIn: Debbèche, Jean-Patrick,; Perron, Paul J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2009
• Blwyddyn Gyhoeddi: 2017
• Iaith: English
• Disgrifiad Corfforoll: 1 online resource (224 p.)

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 direct, humorous, and provocative style of this work, which tackles the subject of humour with a vast array of vivid examples encountered on every page, will certainly appeal to the contemporary reader. Vladimir Propp takes various forms of laughter in literature and real life and addresses questions such as the comic of similarity, the comic of difference, parody, duping, incongruity, lying, ritual laughter, and carnival laughter. 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.

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