Arthur Asa Berger

Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" (eBook, ePUB)

A Psycho-Semiotic Analysis

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Arthur Asa Berger's Shakespeare's Comedy of Errorsuses semiotics along with a psychoanalytic approach to offer a granular analysis of one of Shakespeare's funniest and most interesting comedies.

It is distinctive in that it offers a discussion of the basic techniques found in comic literature of all kinds and applies these techniques to events in the play. It also offers a discussion of the basic theories of humor and a syntagmatic and paradigmatic analysis of the play.

It provides an overview of the theories of humor, what the author calls why theories, to provide a general understanding of how humor works. This is contrasted with his 45 techniques which deal with what makes people laugh.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781839985003
• Artikelnr.: 63388265

Autorenporträt

Arthur Asa Berger is Professor Emeritus of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts at San Francisco State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Epigraph
1 Introduction
2 Theories of Humor
3 Semiotics and Humor
4 Glossary: The 45 Techniques of Humor
5 The Comedy of Errors
6 Coda
References
About the Author
Index