December 2012
10 posts
Comedy in Serie: Knop
http://books.google.de/books?id=f7bxyVs0S-IC&pg=PA128&lpg=PA128&dq=%22bevor+die+ergebnisse+zur+vorkommensh%C3%A4ufigkeit%22%2B%22knop%22&source=bl&ots=6zWX9wtY50&sig=zKrRuRh9BoHdKsc1XQUPRzSTKB8&hl=de&sa=X&ei=jY-8UJjAAY_JsgbysoCwDw&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22bevor%20die%20ergebnisse%20zur%20vorkommensh%C3%A4ufigkeit%22%2B%22knop%22&f=false
Was wandelt sich am Komischen: Brock
Was wandelt sich am Komischen? Comedy-Formate unter Veränderungszwang. In: Block, Friedrich W. (Hrsg.), Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2011 The Mighty Boosh – ein Comedyformat zwischen Muster und Variation, In: Luginbühl, Martin / Perrin, Daniel (Hg.), Muster und Variation. Medienlinguistische Perspektiven auf Textproduktion und Text. Bern: Lang. (= Sprache in Kommunikation und Medien 2). 189-215.
Linguistic Theories of Humor: Attardo
http://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=17&cad=rja&ved=0CHQQFjAGOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.italiansubs.net%2Fforum%2Ftelevisione%2Fdoppiaggio-parliamone-qui%2F%3Faction%3Ddlattach%3Battach%3D212440&ei=RY68UPKyDYLNtAbd7IDYDQ&usg=AFQjCNExtgjQ8USvCuH_1Pf6jivHobzruw&sig2=76Mt-bmUYwqFPnba-mukcw
Sandig: Text als prototypisches Konzept
Zusammenfassung:
http://www.sunderhaus.de/examen/Barbara%20Sandig-web.pdf
"The Sitcom" by Brett Mills
See also: http://screen.oxfordjournals.org/content/45/1/63.full.pdf
google books:...
Text- und Gesprächslinguistik: Heinemann
http://books.google.de/books?id=8DViIg2oYV4C&pg=PA523&lpg=PA523&dq=%22die+folgenden+darlegungen+gehen+von+einem%22&source=bl&ots=UR8Wf14EIo&sig=_SLj1z23FVhXsFG5gg8t1DcXKZ0&hl=de&sa=X&ei=X4q8UKiODI3CtAbywoC4Dw&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22die%20folgenden%20darlegungen%20gehen%20von%20einem%22&f=false
Early conceptions of humor (Keith-Spiegel)
Keith-Spiegel P (1972). Early conceptions of humor: Varieties and issues. In J. H. Goldstein and P. E. McGhee (Eds.). The psychology of humor: Theoretical perspectives and empirical issues, pp. 4–39. New York: Academic Press.
the definition of humor in western culture was negative in the beginning and gradually turned positive. In the past, Keith-Spiegel (1972) and Herring and Meggert (1994)...
Pattern recognition theory
Alastair Clarke advances this theory as “an evolutionary and cognitive explanation of how and why any individual finds anything funny. Effectively, it explains that humour occurs when the brain recognises a pattern that surprises it, and that recognition of this sort is rewarded with the experience of the humorous response, an element of which is broadcast as laughter.” The theory...
Mechanism/function of humor: evolutionary theory
Research identifies the reason humor is common to all human societies, its fundamental role in the evolution of homo sapiens and its continuing importance in the cognitive development of infants
A new publication answers centuries’ old questions regarding the mechanism and function of humour, identifying the reason humour is common to all human societies, its fundamental role in the...
Text Structures of TV Comedies: WS 20112012
https://ekvv.uni-bielefeld.de/kvv_publ/publ/vd?id=27729685
Over the last 10 years, British TV comedies have developed many interesting formats, from retro-parodies (“Look around You”, “Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace”) to documentary-type comedies (“The Office”, “Marion and Geoff”) and weird sitcoms (“The Mighty Boosh”, “Green...
March 2012
4 posts
Bill Bailey, post-modern vegetarian
February 2012
24 posts
Stabilizsation (establishing dramatic elements)
familiarity > formula comedy
prototype of family (couch in front of camera, stereot. characters, etc)
prototypical couple, … , …
Sandig Text: Prototypes
Even with simple categories - different people categorize things differently.
The Mills Text: Conclusion
pattern convergence on humor theory
Example:
Comedy + sitcom + slightly docu-like = MARION AND GEOFF
Parody "is a parasite"
e.g.: (LOOK AROUND YOU)
Embedding patterns
Out of STAR WARS: “I am your father”.
QI
QI as an example of pattern combination in humor theory. It’s a Quiz. But the point (for the participants) is not to get the answers right, but to give interesting responses to the questions.
Format and Genre
The format realizes the genre. Some genres are realized in many formats. Some formats are the realization of several formats.
{Brock}
Anton C. Zijderveld
Netherlands. *1937. Theology. Sociology. “Sociologie van de zotheid”.
Lebendiges > Mechanical (group).
On aggression humor
Aggressor
Victim
Audience (invited to either take the perspecive of the first or the second)
Example of Self-Aggressor
“By Gum, this is interesting. I always loved history. The Battle of Hastings, Henry VIII and his six knives, all that.” (Blackadder)
Footnote: Humor & face-threatening acts
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(sociological_concept)
Other humor theories
Relief theory
Relief theory maintains that laughter is a homeostatic mechanism by which psychological tension is reduced Humor may thus for example serve to facilitate relief of the tension caused by one’s fears. Laughter and mirth, according to relief theory, results from this release of nervous energy. Humor, according to relief theory, is used mainly to overcome sociocultural...
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Incongruity theory
The incongruity theory states that humor is perceived at the moment of realization of incongruity between a concept involved in a certain situation and the real objects thought to be in some relation to the concept. incongruity per se, but its realization and resolution (i.e., putting the objects in question into the real relation), it is often called theincongruity-resolution theory. Francis...
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Note: Ideal topics for arena stand-up's
(communicating with aud)
Bill Bailey.(Interactions: “Like a giant breaking a twig.” Incongruity: ”I’m a vegetarian. I’m not strict; I eat fish, and duck. Well, they’re nearly fish, aren’t they? They’re semi-submerged a lot of the time, they spend a lot of time in the water, they’re virtually fish, really. And pigs, cows, sheep, anything that...
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