Difference between revisions of "BUI301F2022/Humor Theory"
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*Incongruity theories | *Incongruity theories | ||
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"Summarizing provisionally one version of the incongruity theory, then, someone is comically amused if and only if | "Summarizing provisionally one version of the incongruity theory, then, someone is comically amused if and only if | ||
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*(v) they enjoy precisely for their perception of incongruity." (Carroll, p. 37) | *(v) they enjoy precisely for their perception of incongruity." (Carroll, p. 37) | ||
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== Texts & resources == | == Texts & resources == | ||
*Noël Carroll, ''Humour: A Very Short Introduction'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014). | *Noël Carroll, ''Humour: A Very Short Introduction'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014). | ||
Revision as of 18:26, 1 September 2022
Theories of humor
- Superiority theories
- Relief or release theories
- Incongruity theories
Our Hospitality
Always Be My Maybe
Disorder in the Court
Curb Your Enthusiasm
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
