Humour in literature: Three levels

Humour, depending on the level of comprehension of the audience to which it is directed, may be divided in three levels for analysis. There is a universal humour that can be understood by everybody, without regard to culture or formal education. This humour, generally known as physical comedy, is of the cinematic or visual type, it is the humour in the silent movies, the early theatre and the circus. I have called this kind of humour visual because it is usually concerned with images.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Comparative Literature

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Gloss, Teresa Guerra

• Literature, Comparative
• Literature, Romance
• Theater
• Literature, American
• Literature, English
• Cinema

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1989 Gloss, Teresa Guerra

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI8924822
(UMI)AAI8924822

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20195