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Sprachkunst Jahrgang XL/2009/2. Halbband, pp. 301-326, 2011/05/17
Beiträge zur Literaturwissenschaft
The article considers the main theories concerning the comic genre: the concepts of distance, incongruity, superiority, subversiveness, the phenomenon of the tipping point, and the function of energy relief. It arrives at the conclusion that comic art always consists in contrasts, conflicts, and countermoves; structurally it arises from talking at cross purposes, dramatically it proceeds at high speed and the tipping of situations. It depends mainly on the playful mood of the audience and the group, class, culture which decides what may be laughable.