Humour theory and stylistic enquiry / edited by Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju.
This edited book brings together scholarly chapters on linguistic aspects of humour in literary and non-literary domains and contexts in different parts of the world. Previous scholarly engagements and theoretical postulations on humour and the comic provide veritable resources for reexamining the r...
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Table of Contents:
- 1 "Shamuz, Shamuz, Everything Is with Shamuz"
- Making Sense of Humour Theory and Stylistic Enquiry: An Overview - Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju
- Part I Humour Theory and Literary Texts in European, American and African Contexts
- 2 Unifying the Humour Theories: A Stylistic Approach - Faye Chambers
- 3 The Rasch Model in Humour Research - Matthias Springer
- 4 Humour and the "Mooreeffoc Effect": Inversion and Subversion in Charles Dickens' Holiday Romance - Katie Wales
- 5 The Uses of Humour in Barbara Kimenye's Moses Series - Danson Sylvester Kahyana
- 6 Ridicule and Scorn in David Sedaris's "Standing By": The Responsibility of Humour - Lynn Blin
- 7 Satire, Humour, Language and Style in Nigerian Literature - Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju
- Part II Language, Humour, Society and Media in Africa
- 8 The Linguistic Style of Nigerian Mediated Comedies in English - Ibukun Filani
- 9 Humour and Language in the Era of Crisis: A Sociopragmatic Analysis of Cameroonian Women's Humour Styles During the Anglophone Crisis - Comfort Beyang Oben Ojongnkpot
- 10 Humour and the Many Worlds of Nigerian Political Cartoons - Oyinkan Medubi
- 11 Toward the Analysis of Online Supplication and Interactional Stance-Taking - Ibukun Osuolale Ajayi
- 12 A Preliminary Sketch on Intertextuality in Nigerian Stand-Up Comedy - Ibukun Filani and Catherine Olutoyin Williams
- 13 Pragmatic Acts of Humour in Selected Series of Helen Paul's Alhaja Donjasi Comedy Skits - Monsurat Aramide Nurudeen
- 14 An Analysis of Humour Style in Nigerian Situation Comedy - Lekan Christopher Olawale.