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| + | "Summarizing provisionally one version of the incongruity theory, then, someone is comically amused if and only if | ||
| + | *(i) the object of their mental state is a perceived incongruity, which | ||
| + | *(ii) they regard as neither threatening or anxiety producing nor | ||
| + | *(iii) annoying and which | ||
| + | *(iv) they do not approach with a genuine, puzzle-solving attitude, but which, rather, | ||
| + | *(v) they enjoy precisely for their perception of incongruity." (Carroll, p. 37) | ||
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== Texts & resources == | == Texts & resources == | ||
Revision as of 10:03, 1 September 2022
Theories of humor
- Superiority theories
- Relief or release theories
- Incongruity theories
Texts & resources
- Noël Carroll, Humour: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).
- Our Hospitality (pp. 12-13, 17)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (pp. 25-26)
- The Three Stooges (p. 30)
- South Park (p. 33)
- Modern Family
