O'Shannon, Dan. <br/><br/>
What are you laughing at? :  a comprehensive guide to the comedic event / 
Dan O'Shannon. 
 - New York :  Continuum,  2012. 
 - xiii, 298 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781441162939 1441162933 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Comedy--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>809.917