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What are you laughing at? : a comprehensive guide to the comedic event / Dan O'Shannon.

By: Publication details: New York : Continuum, 2012.Description: xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781441162939
  • 1441162933
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809.917 23
Contents:
Common comedy theories ; The comedic event ; Documenting the comedic event -- Part one. Elements of context, the reception factors: The receiver and his world ; Elements of communication ; Vehicles ; Level of control and identifying the source -- Part two. Comedic information: Fundamental components ; Incongruity ; Cognitive process ; Variations ; Comedy and entropy -- Part three. Enhancers, inhibitors, and aspects of awareness: How comedic information triggers enhancers and inhibitors ; Elements of the joke's communication, structure, and content -- Summing it all up.
Summary: Presents an entirely new approach to comedy theory. It challenges long-held beliefs and shows how the three main theories of comedy (incongruity, superiority, and relief) are not in conflict; but rather, work as parts of a larger model.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PN1922 .O84 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001263432

Includes index.

Common comedy theories ; The comedic event ; Documenting the comedic event -- Part one. Elements of context, the reception factors: The receiver and his world ; Elements of communication ; Vehicles ; Level of control and identifying the source -- Part two. Comedic information: Fundamental components ; Incongruity ; Cognitive process ; Variations ; Comedy and entropy -- Part three. Enhancers, inhibitors, and aspects of awareness: How comedic information triggers enhancers and inhibitors ; Elements of the joke's communication, structure, and content -- Summing it all up.

Presents an entirely new approach to comedy theory. It challenges long-held beliefs and shows how the three main theories of comedy (incongruity, superiority, and relief) are not in conflict; but rather, work as parts of a larger model.

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