On the Comic and Laughter

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, European, Russian, Theory
Cover of the book On the Comic and Laughter by Vladimir Propp, Paul J. Perron, Jean-Patrick Debbèche, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
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Author: Vladimir Propp, Paul J. Perron, Jean-Patrick Debbèche ISBN: 9781442697201
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Publication: November 7, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Vladimir Propp, Paul J. Perron, Jean-Patrick Debbèche
ISBN: 9781442697201
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication: November 7, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English

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.

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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.

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