The Secret of HumorRodopi, 1978 - 205 páginas |
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... Superiority.1 The Incongruity theory is probably the most popular explanation of humor . It is based on the fact that certain kinds of inappropriateness , disharmony , and impropriety result in amusement . Arthur Koestler's support for ...
... Superiority.1 The Incongruity theory is probably the most popular explanation of humor . It is based on the fact that certain kinds of inappropriateness , disharmony , and impropriety result in amusement . Arthur Koestler's support for ...
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... Superiority . Since Thomas Hobbes is the writer most often quoted on the Superiority theory , we might look at what he said in the essay " Human Nature " : " Men laugh at mis chances and indecencies , wherein 5.
... Superiority . Since Thomas Hobbes is the writer most often quoted on the Superiority theory , we might look at what he said in the essay " Human Nature " : " Men laugh at mis chances and indecencies , wherein 5.
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... superiority " in certain special circumstances . But these circumstances cover an enormous amount of ground , ranging from Albert Rapp's " thrashing laughter " -- the satisfaction of having vanquished an enemy -- through Anthony ...
... superiority " in certain special circumstances . But these circumstances cover an enormous amount of ground , ranging from Albert Rapp's " thrashing laughter " -- the satisfaction of having vanquished an enemy -- through Anthony ...
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... Superiority have failed to explain what ingredi- ent , in addition to superiority , must be present before a situation becomes humorous . My explanation of humor falls under the rubric of Superiority . Other variants of this approach ...
... Superiority have failed to explain what ingredi- ent , in addition to superiority , must be present before a situation becomes humorous . My explanation of humor falls under the rubric of Superiority . Other variants of this approach ...
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... superiority " is more familiar in this context than " aggression . " I hope to show later that there is always an element of aggression in this superiority , varying from mild satisfaction to venomous vindictiveness . But for the ...
... superiority " is more familiar in this context than " aggression . " I hope to show later that there is always an element of aggression in this superiority , varying from mild satisfaction to venomous vindictiveness . But for the ...
Contenido
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27 | |
Unexpected Truth Aggression Against | 75 |
Sexual Humor Aggression Against | 89 |
Scatological Humor Aggression Against | 119 |
Cosmic Humor Aggression Against | 139 |
Nonsense Humor Aggression Against | 169 |
Word Play Aggression Against Confor | 183 |
Conclusion | 201 |
Términos y frases comunes
absurd Albert Rapp Ambivalence American amusing anecdote anthropologist asked audience behavior Bergler black humor Chapter cliches clown comedy comic cosmic humor cosmic irony create humor culture D. H. Monro distortion Edward Gorey Edward Lear element enjoy excrement expresses aggression familiar feel superior Folklore following examples fool form of aggression form of humor Freud Freudian funny Gershon Legman girl graffiti grotesque H. L. Mencken hostility human Incongruity theory insults invective James Thurber Joe Miller's Jests kind lady laugh laughter limericks Little Audrey Ludovici Martha Wolfenstein Nonsense humor nonsense verse obscene person play playful aggression pleasure popular practical joke pretend proverbs provides psychoanalyst puns Pussy remarks replied resentment Rickles ridiculing sadism satirists says scatological humor sexual humor shaggy dog story someone sometimes sophisticated source of humor Spooner taboo tells thing Thurber told trick Trickster urinate victim Willeford Wolfenstein woman word-play words writers young
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Página 193 - Who smiled as she rode on a tiger. They returned from the ride, With the lady inside, And the smile on the face of the tiger.
Página 17 - Jesus the King of the Jews." Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left. And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Página 171 - Let us be married; too long we have tarried: But what shall we do for a ring?" They sailed away, for a year and a day, To the land where the bong-tree grows; And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood, With a ring at the end of his nose, His nose, His nose, With a ring at the end of his nose. "Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for a shilling Your ring?
Página 171 - You elegant fowl, How charmingly sweet you sing! Oh! let us be married; too long we have tarried: But what shall we do for a ring?" They sailed away, for a year and a day, To the land where the bong-tree grows; And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood, With a ring at the end of his nose, His nose, His nose, With a ring at the end of his nose. "Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?
Página 168 - WERTHER had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter ; Would you know how first he met her? She was cutting bread and butter. Charlotte was a married lady, And a moral man was Werther, And for all the wealth of Indies, Would do nothing for to hurt her. So he sighed and pined and ogled, And his passion boiled and bubbled, Till he blew his silly brains out, And no more was by it troubled. Charlotte, having seen his body Borne before her on a shutter, Like a well-conducted person, Went on...
Página 171 - The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat: They took some honey, and plenty of money Wrapped up in a five-pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, "O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are, You are!
Página 172 - So they took it away, and were married next day By the Turkey who lives on the hill. They dined...
Página 50 - Simple Simon met a pieman Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware." Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny;" Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Indeed, I have not any." Simple Simon went to look If plums grew on a thistle; He pricked his fingers very much, Which made poor Simon whistle.
Página 17 - But I am a worm, and no man; scorned by men, and despised by the people. All who see me mock at me, they make mouths at me, they wag their heads; "He committed his cause to the Lord; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, for he delights in him!
Página 102 - There was a young lady from Kent "Who said that she knew what it meant "When men took her to dine, "Gave her cocktails and wine; "She knew what it meant — but she went.