Humor in contemporary junior literature /

In this new book, Julie Cross examines the intricacies of textual humor in contemporary junior literature, using the tools of literary criticism and humor theory. Cross investigates the dialectical paradoxes of humor and debunks the common belief in oppositional binaries of 'simple' versus...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cross, Julie, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2011.
Colección:Children's literature and culture ; 73.
Temas:
1900-1999
Humor in literature.
Children's stories, English > History and criticism.
Children's stories, American > History and criticism.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Wit and humor > Philosophy.
Histoires pour enfants anglaises > Histoire et critique.
Histoires pour enfants américaines > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Humour > Philosophie.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
American fiction
Children's stories, American
Children's stories, English
English fiction
Humor in literature
Wit and humor > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The tradition of humorous transgression in everyday-life fiction
  • Superiority humor within fantasy: ingenuous anthropomorphized animal-child characters and ingenious child detectives
  • "New wave nonsense" and the tradition of classic nonsense
  • Gendered humor: clever girls and clever boys
  • Funny and fearful: the comic gothic and incongruity
  • Mr. Gum and the emergent paradigm.

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