Note
Includes bibliography.
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Contributors
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
2017
EDTF Date Created
2017
Description
Humor’s effect on the audience’s relationship to the object, or speaker, of humor
has often been neglected, and creating a framework by which scholars can examine how
humor works to alter the relationship between audience and other fills this gap.
Additionally, the definition of science fiction relies on the existence of a cognitively
estranging other and under this definition, humor has not been thoroughly studied. This
thesis attempts to explain how humor affects audiences cognitively, utilizing Hegel’s
theory of self and other, and then applies this theoretical explanation to the field of
science fiction and examines its effects.
has often been neglected, and creating a framework by which scholars can examine how
humor works to alter the relationship between audience and other fills this gap.
Additionally, the definition of science fiction relies on the existence of a cognitively
estranging other and under this definition, humor has not been thoroughly studied. This
thesis attempts to explain how humor affects audiences cognitively, utilizing Hegel’s
theory of self and other, and then applies this theoretical explanation to the field of
science fiction and examines its effects.
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Type
Form
Extent
61 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
FA00004894
Additional Information
Includes bibliography.
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Date Backup
2017
Date Created Backup
2017
Date Text
2017
Date Created (EDTF)
2017
Date Issued (EDTF)
2017
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FAU
IID
FA00004894
Organizations
Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Attributed name: Department of English
Person Preferred Name
Thurmon, Ryan
author
Graduate College
Physical Description
application/pdf
61 p.
Title Plain
Laughing in Space: Robert Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Towards a New Humor Framework
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Origin Information
2017
2017
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
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Digital Library
Title
Laughing in Space: Robert Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Towards a New Humor Framework
Other Title Info
Laughing in Space: Robert Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Towards a New Humor Framework