LEADER 03070nam 2200577 450 001 9910813092803321 005 20240131204434.0 010 $a1-4438-5327-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000001128021 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25702775 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001160411 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11670641 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001160411 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11122288 035 $a(PQKB)10862541 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1477548 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1477548 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10778137 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL528655 035 $a(OCoLC)861081681 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB132300 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001128021 100 $a20131022d2013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHumorous structures of English narratives, 1200-1600 /$fby Theresa Hamilton 210 1$aNewcastle upon Tyne, UK :$cCambridge Scholars Publishing,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (1 volume) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4438-4949-9 311 $a1-299-97404-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 8 $aWe all have the ability to recognize and create humour, but how exactly do we do it? Salvatore Attardo and Victor Raskin have attempted to explain the workings of humour with their General Theory of Verbal Humor (1991). The central aim of Hamiltonas study is to test the usefulness of the General Theory of Verbal Humor on a specific corpus by identifying and interpreting the narrative structures that create humour. How well can this theory explain the way humour OEworksa in a particular tale, and can it provide us with interesting, novel interpretations? - - The genres used to test the General Theory of Verbal Humor are the fabliau, the parody and the tragedy. This corpus represents different kinds and degrees of humour and thus challenges the theory on various levels. - - Hamilton proposes a supplementation of the General Theory of Verbal Humor in order to create an effective means of undertaking what she calls a OEhumorist readinga. By posing the questions OEwhy is this humorous?a, OEhow is it humorous?a or OEwhy is it not humorous?a and providing the theoretical tools to answer them, a OEhumorist readinga can make a valuable contribution to understanding any given literary text and its place in society. - 606 $aEnglish literature$yMiddle English, 1100-1500$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish wit and humor 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish wit and humor. 676 $a341 700 $aHamilton$b Theresa$01712823 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813092803321 996 $aHumorous structures of English narratives, 1200-1600$94105309 997 $aUNINA