READING GLORIAGARCI JOKES: THE SEMANTIC SCRIPT THEORY OF HUMOR/GENERAL THEORY OF VERBAL HUMOR AND FILIPINO POLITICAL HUMOR Maria Rhodora G. Ancheta‚ PhD Department of English and Comparative Literature University of the Philippines Diliman 1.0 Political Humor and the Creation of Joke Work Who has not heard of at least one GloriaGarci joke? Or has not laughed at [if not downloaded and made a mobile phone ring tone of] the “Hello Garci” opening of the continuing political debacle that is now termed Gloriagate
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John Gardner delicately places humor into the incredible twisted setting. “Dragon‚ Dragon”. Gardner includes humor while adding modern day technology into medieval times; he also creates hilarious scenes through the characters while teaching a lesson. Last‚ he uses humor through the setting. In addition to this humor‚ there is also an important theme. Readers will be hooked with the incredible medieval twist. Gardner doesn’t disappoint his audience. John Gardner delivers a setting with modern
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People’s understanding of humor is influenced by factors such as: their
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2. What did you find humorous in the story? (Kincaid) I found the advise on how to spit up in the air and to move quick so that it doesn’t hit you to be humorous. By the way you shouldn’t become a slut but spitting in the air is perfectly reasonable thing to do. 3. How do you feel about Dee? Do you sympathize with her desire to “improve” herself and her family? Where do you think she goes wrong? (Walker) I sympathize with Dee trying to improve herself but not necessarily forcing her ideas of
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The Power of Native Humor in “Green Grass‚ Running Water” Native American authors have a tendency to incorporate subtle humor into their literature in order to more easily address the cultural divide between Indians and people of the Western world. As previously discussed‚ in Sherman Alexie’s Flight‚ humor is used as a tool to comfortably navigate through controversial topics‚ such as ethnicity and cultural stereotypes. Now‚ in Thomas King’s Green Grass‚ Running Water‚ humor is used as a tool for
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English 111 28 February 2014 Humor and Conflict in The Importance of Being Earnest Comedy often uses conflict to create a dull‚ everyday situation into something exciting and people find them funny because we often laugh at the mishaps of others. When the characters’ viewpoints are extreme and exaggerated‚ it makes the situation amusing to watch and follow since things are getting crazy. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ by Oscar Wilde‚ successfully creates humorous outcomes from disagreements
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In a study conducted by Boyle & Joss-Reid (2004)‚ the effect of humor on health was investigated. Data was collected from a sample of 504 individuals who were divided into three groups (community group‚ university students‚ and respondents with a medical condition). RAND 36-Item Health Survey (Hays‚ Sherbourne & Mazel‚ 1993) and Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale (Thorson & Powell‚ 1993) was completed by the participants. RAND Health Survey yields eight dimensions of Health-Related Quality of
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The Use of Humor in Richard III There is no doubt that Shakespeare was the author of great pieces of literature during an interesting time period. Given the circumstances‚ he was indeed mastering his craft during a very tumultuous juncture in British history. When one reads Richard III‚ they don’t necessarily have to know a great deal about the War of Roses to understand that there is some serious strife going on. However‚ if the reader takes some time to understand this fascinating string of
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and that have inspired other authors. The humor that he created thousands of years ago is still found funny today‚ and this gives insight into Roman society. Moments that the Roman audience would have found humorous are still humorous today. This shows that even though these two different societies are separated by geographical distance and time they still have a similar sense of what is funny. In his plays Plautus employs irony‚ asides‚ and physical humor to create comedic moments. Plautus was able
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Humor and Healing: The Mind-Body Connection "As it is not proper to cure the eyes without the head‚ nor the head without the body; so neither is it proper to cure the body without the soul." Socrates(Cousins‚ 56) The word‚ to heal‚ comes from the root word "haelen" which means to make whole. Bringing together the body‚ mind and spirit can be healing. The word humor itself is a word of many meanings. The root of the word is "umor" meaning liquid or fluid (Moyers‚ 221). In the Middle Ages‚ humor
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