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... theory , who represent the response to the comic as an emotional state . By representing amusement as a cognitive state , Bergson's theory has this much in common with most versions of the incongruity theory . The claim that humor has ...
... theory , who represent the response to the comic as an emotional state . By representing amusement as a cognitive state , Bergson's theory has this much in common with most versions of the incongruity theory . The claim that humor has ...
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... humor rather than the real explana- tion of it . While Morreall's update of the incongruity theory is probably the most successful ( or the least flawed ) theory of humor to date , it still falls far short of giving a complete ...
... humor rather than the real explana- tion of it . While Morreall's update of the incongruity theory is probably the most successful ( or the least flawed ) theory of humor to date , it still falls far short of giving a complete ...
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... humor of Zen Buddhism and argues that its role is to foster a sense of disengagement - to " liberate ourselves from attach- ment " ( " Rejection of Humor " 258-62 ) . Although Cohen's theory focuses on humor as a response to anomaly or ...
... humor of Zen Buddhism and argues that its role is to foster a sense of disengagement - to " liberate ourselves from attach- ment " ( " Rejection of Humor " 258-62 ) . Although Cohen's theory focuses on humor as a response to anomaly or ...
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French Drama in the Seventeenth Century | 331 |
German Comedy | 350 |
Greek Comedy | 363 |
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