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.
| ISBN: | 9780802099266 |
| Publication date: | 7th November 2009 |
| Author: | V IA Propp, Patrick Debbèche, Paul Perron |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 191 pages |
| Series: | Toronto Studies in Semiotics and Communication |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism Literary theory Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |
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.
On the Comic and Laughter features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism, Literary theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
On the Comic and Laughter is available in Hardback
On the Comic and Laughter was written by V IA Propp, Patrick Debbèche, Paul Perron and published by University of Toronto Press
On the Comic and Laughter has 191 pages
Yes it is part of Toronto Studies in Semiotics and Communication series