Erich Auerbach
Overview page. Subjects: Literary Theory and Cultural Studies — Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art.
(1892–1957) German philologist
Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature (1953) Non-Fiction
Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature...
Humour
January 2014; p ublished online January 2014 .
Book. Subjects: Literature; Literary Theory and Cultural Studies; Theatre; Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Humour. 144 pages.
Humour: A Very Short Introduction considers the relation of humour to emotion and cognition, explores the value of humour in its social functions, and examines the leading humour theories...
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Humour and value
in Humour
January 2014; p ublished online January 2014 .
Chapter. Subjects: Literature; Literary Theory and Cultural Studies; Theatre; Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Humour. 13310 words.
‘Humour and value’ concerns the relation of humour to value, specifically in terms of its social functions. Humour, and the comic amusement that attends it, has a crucial role to play in...
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Humour, emotion, and cognition
in Humour
January 2014; p ublished online January 2014 .
Chapter. Subjects: Literature; Literary Theory and Cultural Studies; Theatre; Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Humour. 6313 words.
‘Humour, emotion, and cognition’ examines the relation of humour to emotion and cognition and begins by considering whether comic amusement is an emotion. By considering comic amusement as...
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The nature of humour
in Humour
January 2014; p ublished online January 2014 .
Chapter. Subjects: Literature; Literary Theory and Cultural Studies; Theatre; Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Humour. 15685 words.
Humour is the object of comic amusement. ‘The nature of humour’ reviews the leading theories of that which engenders comic amusement – the superiority theory, the incongruity theory, the...
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A very short introduction
in Humour
January 2014; p ublished online January 2014 .
Chapter. Subjects: Literature; Literary Theory and Cultural Studies; Theatre; Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art; Humour. 617 words.
‘A Very Short Introduction’ outlines the aims of the book and provides an overview of each of the following chapters.
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