On the Comic and Laughter (Toronto Studies in Semiotics & Communication) - Hardcover

Propp, Vladimir

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802099262 ISBN 13: 9780802099266

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2009

Synopsis

An extensive investigation of the forms and functions of the comic, this lively and engaging English critical edition will be welcomed by those interested in laughter, comedy, folklore, Russian literature, and specific authors such as Gogol, Pushkin, Chekhov, Rabelais, Molière, and Shakespeare. The direct, humorous, and provocative style of this work, which tackles the subject of humour with a vast array of vivid examples encountered on every page, will certainly appeal to the contemporary reader.

Vladimir Propp takes various forms of laughter in literature and real life and addresses questions such as the comic of similarity, the comic of difference, parody, duping, incongruity, lying, ritual laughter, and carnival laughter. The author of the widely acclaimed Morphology of the Folktale has written an original, comprehensive, and exciting study on how humour works, and on everything you wanted to know about the genre, in a clear, approachable, and insightful manner.

About this title

About the Authors

The late Vladimir Propp (1895-1970) was a literary critic and folklore specialist.

Jean-Patrick DebbÈche has a PhD in Semiotics and French Literature and is a researcher at the University of Toronto.

Paul Perron is former Chair of the Department of French Studies at the University of Toronto and Principal emeritus of University College.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802099262
• ISBN 13: 9780802099266
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224