Humorous Structures of English Narratives, 1200-1600
We all have the ability to recognize and create humour. But how do we do it? Salvatore Attardo and Victor Raskin have attempted to explain the workings of humour with their General Theory of Verbal Humor. How well does their theory explain the way humour aworksa in a particular text, and can it provide us with interesting, novel interpretations? By identifying and interpreting the narrative structures that create humour, this study tests the usefulness of Attardo a Raskinas humour theory on a specific corpus of fabliaux, parodies and tragedies. Hamilton proposes a supplementation of the General Theory of Verbal Humor to create a means of undertaking what she calls a ahumorist readinga. By posing the questions awhy is this humorous?a, ahow is it humorous?a or awhy is it not humorous?a and providing the theoretical tools to answer them, a ahumorist readinga can make a valuable contribution to our understanding of a literary text and its place in society.Furthermore, the individual narratological elements work together to reinforce the humorous interpretation. Triezenberg (2008) has also pointed out that the General Theory of Verbal Humora#39;s Script Oppositions and script overlap need not anbsp;...
| Title | : | Humorous Structures of English Narratives, 1200-1600 |
| Author | : | Theresa Hamilton |
| Publisher | : | Cambridge Scholars Publishing - 2013-10-03 |
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