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001			773666944
003			OCoLC
005			20190729104842.0
008			120119s2012 nyua 001 0 eng d
020			_a9781441162939
020			_a1441162933
035			_a(OCoLC)773666944
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090			_aPN1922 _b.O84 2012
100	1		_aO'Shannon, Dan.
245	1	0	_aWhat are you laughing at? : _ba comprehensive guide to the comedic event / _cDan O'Shannon.
260			_aNew York : _bContinuum, _c2012.
300			_axiii, 298 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aCommon 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.
520			_aPresents 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.
650		0	_aComedy _xHistory and criticism _xTheory, etc.
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