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Comedy

The Master of Discourse

Susan Purdie (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

1992
Prentice-Hall (Verlag)
978-0-7450-0724-3 (ISBN)

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From Shakespeare to light-bulb jokes, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of the nature and function of comedy in our society. Drawing on theories of language from Foucault, Levi-Strauss and Lacan, it argues that joking is both a pleasurable and necessary function of using language.

From Aristophanes to Ayckbourn, from Shakespeare and shaggy-dog stories to light-bulb jokes and banter about the weather, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of the nature and function of comedy in our society. Drawing on theories of language from Foucault, Levi-Strauss and Lacan, Purdie turns traditional approaches to comedy inside out and shows how joking is not only a pleasurable but also a necessary function of using language.

SECTION I: Joking as Discourse. Joking and Discourse. Joking as the 'Ab-use' of Language. The Butt - Third Position. SECTION II: Comedy as Joking Text. Joking Operations of Textual Engagement. Exchange as the 'Language' of Comedy. Definitions of Comedy. SECTION III: Joking's Effects in the World. The Ownership of Language. Masking the Effect - Literary Accounts of Comedy. Conclusion; Postscript - Cultural Relativity and Joking Structures. Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.1992
Verlagsort	Harlow
Sprache	englisch
Maße	139 x 215 mm
Gewicht	227 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7450-0724-4 / 0745007244
ISBN-13	978-0-7450-0724-3 / 9780745007243
Zustand	Neuware