After laughter: humour in English literature

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dc.contributor.authorFinn, Stephen
dc.date2014-01-20
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-29T10:49:28Z
dc.date.available2014-09-29T10:49:28Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-29
dc.description.abstractSome of our greatest writers are skilled in portraying characters and events that make us smile or chuckle, shriek or cringe. Some of the humour tugs at the heart strings, some is vulgar, some is satirical, some appeals to our darker side. We laugh at ourselves, at others, at society. As it is not helpful to discuss humour in theoretical isolation, this course will examine various texts, determine what we find amusing, and then develop a theory from there. Of course, there will be some disagreement on what is really funny and what not. The course will look at works by three writers in three different genres: poetry, drama and the novel. Bring along an open mind, smelling salts and some tissues for tears of laughter.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitation 2014. <i>After laughter: humour in English literature.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7730en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation. 2014. <i>After laughter: humour in English literature.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7730en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFinn, S. 2014-09-29. After laughter: humour in English literature. Recorded lecture. UCT Summer School Lectures 2014. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Other AU - Finn, Stephen AB - Some of our greatest writers are skilled in portraying characters and events that make us smile or chuckle, shriek or cringe. Some of the humour tugs at the heart strings, some is vulgar, some is satirical, some appeals to our darker side. We laugh at ourselves, at others, at society. As it is not helpful to discuss humour in theoretical isolation, this course will examine various texts, determine what we find amusing, and then develop a theory from there. Of course, there will be some disagreement on what is really funny and what not. The course will look at works by three writers in three different genres: poetry, drama and the novel. Bring along an open mind, smelling salts and some tissues for tears of laughter. DA - 2014-09-29 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - humour KW - english literature KW - humour in poetry KW - humour in drama KW - humour in the novel LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - After laughter: humour in English literature TI - After laughter: humour in English literature UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7730 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitation. 2014. <i>After laughter: humour in English literature.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7730en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUCT Summer School Lectures 2014en_ZA
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_ZA
dc.subjecthumouren_ZA
dc.subjectenglish literatureen_ZA
dc.subjecthumour in poetryen_ZA
dc.subjecthumour in dramaen_ZA
dc.subjecthumour in the novelen_ZA
dc.titleAfter laughter: humour in English literatureen_ZA
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uct.type.publicationTeaching and Learningen_ZA
uct.type.resourceRecorded lectureen_ZA
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