On the Comic and Laughter Contributor(s): Propp, Vladimir (Author), Debbèche, Jean-Patrick (Editor), Perron, Paul J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0802099262 ISBN-13: 9780802099266 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $58.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: In On the Comic and Laughter, Propp provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the functions and purposes of the comic and humour. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Literary Criticism | Humor |
Dewey: 809.917 |
Series: Toronto Studies in Semiotics and Communication |
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.5" W x 9.26" (1 lbs) 224 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Debb?che, Jean-Patrick: - Jean-Patrick Debbèche has a PhD in Semiotics and French Literature and is a researcher at the University of Toronto.Perron, Paul J.: - Paul Perron is former Chair of the Department of French Studies at the University of Toronto and Principal emeritus of University College. Propp, Vladimir: - The late Vladimir Propp (1895-1970) was a literary critic and folklore specialist. |