PPT-What is humor?

an introduction to humor in literature a nd in our lives We hear the word humor all the time But what does it mean According to the Random House Dictionary humor is defined as a comic absurd or incongruous quality causing . Flashback: Pranking Ethic. be safe . not damage anything . not damage anyone, either physically, mentally or emotionally . be funny, at least to most of the people who experience it . GABYP – Get Authorization Before You Prank. How Comedy, Irony, and Satire Shaped Post 9/11 America. Edited by Ted Gournelos and Viveca Greene. Presented by Kate Olson. Introduction. “There is however, a counternarrative to 9/11 discourse, in which the past decade can be characterized as much by dissent- often in the form of ironic or humorous expression- as by acceptance of simplified notions of good and evil and of amplified state power. From this perspective, far from being an end to anything, 9/11 represents the beginning of a reinvigorated opposition movement to dominant media, industry, political, and economic interests” (Gournelos and Greene 2011, xi). . ”. Examples . Emphasizing Law . Enforcement . Contributors . In the order of contribution amount. Erika L. Liljedahl, . Psy.D. .. Erin Conway, . BA. Jessica Scharf, . BA. Leroy Burgess, BA . and. Personal communications with police officers. in the Workplace. Nicholas . Mosca, M.Div.. nick@nickmosca.com. @. revelinrev. nickmosca.com. . Who is this guy?. Theologian: . Inspirational . Speaker . & Writer. Educator. Neurotic . New Yorker . Chris Osborne . Can’t Define Humor. Superiority – Don . Rickles. . Incongruity – Jokes . Tension Release – Oscars . The Theories of Humor. . Jokes. S. arcasm. S. atire. M. imicry. I. rony. E. By Alleen Pace Nilsen. And Don L. F. Nilsen. 1. 2. We won’t define . Arizona. because you can just look around you.. But . politics . is a more complicated word. It is cognate with such terms as:. Aristotle defined comedy as one of two main forms of drama—comedy and tragedy. Most contemporary views see comedy as a form of humorous text. Why are we amused?. Relief theory. Reducing physiological tension caused by the self-censoring of the baser instincts (Freud). By Alleen Pace Nilsen. And Don L. F. Nilsen. 1. 2. We won’t define . Arizona. because you can just look around you (NOTE: This PowerPoint is prepared for an . Arizona audience).. But . politics . By Alleen Pace Nilsen. And Don L. F. Nilsen. 1. 2. We won’t define . Arizona. because you can just look around you.. But . politics . is a more complicated word. It is cognate with such terms as:. Humor in Healthcare Mercer County Community College NJ-PREP | TAACCCT Round 4 Network Session Lesson Plan: Humor in Healthcare" by Redondo, Martha; Vaughan, Amanda; Duddy, Lisa , NJ PREP TAACCCT Round 4, Mercer County Community College is licensed under It is continually produced by the . ciliary. body, the part of the eye that lies just behind the iris. . This fluid nourishes the cornea and the lens and gives the front of the eye its form and shape. Spring Board Level 3. Unit 5. Explaining why something is funny can be a challenge, but there are some commonly used devises that usually make people laugh. Although sometimes we may not see the humor in a text, it is important that we are able to recognize the elements of humor and appreciate the attempt.. be safe . not damage anything . not damage anyone, either physically, mentally or emotionally . be funny, at least to most of the people who experience it . GABYP – Get Authorization Before You Prank. Ling Wang School of Foreign LanguagesNanchang Normal University,Nanchang,China AbstractMark Twain is a famous critical realist writer in the late nineteenth Century. Through combining humor and irony,