The art of comedy writing

The art of comedy writing

by Berger, Arthur Asa

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In The Art of Comedy Writing, Arthur Asa Berger argues that there are a relatively limited number of techniques - forty-five in all - that humorists employ. Elaborating upon his prior, in-depth study of humor, An Anatomy of Humor, in which Berger provides a content analysis of humor in all forms - joke books, plays, comic books, novels, short stories, comic verse, and essays - The Art of Comedy Writing goes further. Berger groups each technique into four basic categories: humor involving identi…

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  • Full title :The art of comedy writing / Arthur Asa Berger.

Summary

In The Art of Comedy Writing, Arthur Asa Berger argues that there are a relatively limited number of techniques - forty-five in all - that humorists employ. Elaborating upon his prior, in-depth study of humor, An Anatomy of Humor, in which Berger provides a content analysis of humor in all forms - joke books, plays, comic books, novels, short stories, comic verse, and essays - The Art of Comedy Writing goes further. Berger groups each technique into four basic categories: humor involving identity such as burlesque, caricature, mimicry, and stereotype; humor involving logic such as analogy, comparison, and reversal; humor involving language such as puns, wordplay, sarcasm, and satire; and finally, chase, slapstick, and speed, or humor involving action.

Berger holds that the approaches which a comic selects and the way in which they are applied define a comic's hallmark style. The techniques also allow us to conduct sociological investigations into what kinds of humor Americans, Germans, Japanese - or members of any culture or subculture - use and prefer. This book is a unique analytical offering for those interested in humor. It provides writers and critics with a sizable repertoire of techniques for use in their own future comic creations. As such, this book will be of interest to anyone inspired by humor and the creative process - professionals in the comedy field and students of creative writing, comedy, literary humor, communications, broadcast/media, and the humanities.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©1997

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Transaction Publishers
  • Place of Publication:New Brunswick, N.J
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©1997

The Physical Object

  • Description:ix, 127 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1560003243, 9781560003243
  • oclc:ocm36351117
  • LC Classification:PN6147
  • Dewey Decimal:808.7

Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Komedies Komödientheorie Wit and Humor Wit and humor -- History and criticism

Writers

Berger, Arthur Asa

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