Th. 3e cycle--Musicologie--Paris VIII--Saint-Denis, 1987. / Contient le texte du livret "Albert Herring" en anglais avec la trad. française en regard. Bibliogr. f. 289-311. Index.

Thèse--Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines--Neuchâtel--Université, 2002. / Bibliogr. p. 295-311. Index.

Diss.--Germanistik--Rzeszow--Päd. Hochschule, 2001. / Notes bibliogr. Index.

This study explored the link between use of humour and empathy among elementary school age children. Based on research demonstrating high levels of empathy in individuals who behave pro-socially and lower levels of empathy in individuals who behave antisocially, it was hypothesized that empathy (cognitive and affective) would be positively associated with positive uses of Humour, and negatively associated with negative uses of Humour. To this end, the Humour Styles Questionnaire (HSQ), developed for use with adults, was adapted for use with children and administered to 191 children (ages 8-13 from two elementary schools) along with a self-report measure of Cognitive and Affective Empathy. Factor analytic results verified a four factor solution for the HSQ, tapping use of Affiliative, Self -Enhancing, Self-Defeating and Aggressive Humour. Correlational analyses showed that the links between empathy and humour varied across types of humour and across boys and girls. Boys reporting higher levels of Cognitive Empathy were more likely to use humour in positive ways (Affiliative and Self-Enhancing Humour) and less likely to use humour to taunt others (Aggressive Humour) or to self-deprecate (Self-Defeating Humour). Boys who reported greater Affective Empathy were also less likely to use humour aggressively. For girls, greater Affective Empathy was associated with less use of Aggressive Humour and more use of Affiliative and Self-Enhancing Humour. Affiliative and Self-Enhancing Humour were also more likely among girls reporting greater Cognitive Empathy. Results of hierarchical regression analyses revealed that Cognitive Empathy contributed significantly to the variance in Self- Defeating, Affiliative and Self-Enhancing use of Humour, above and beyond sex effects. Affective Empathy was found to have a unique contribution, above and beyond sex effects, to the variance in Aggressive and Self-Defeating Humour.

Humour and Irony are identity markers that have long since been associated with Sub-Saharan francophone literary works. Intimately linked to Africa throughout the years, humour and irony have evolved hand to hand with socio-political situation of the continent and fulfill several functions: denouncing through laughter, varying sorts of injustices, playing down the tragic nature of a given situation and subverting individual or collective values. However, and perhaps more importantly, humour and irony belong the category of what Roland Barthes calls "verbal expedients" which allow a writer to avoid common and inadequat usage of language. In this way, we show by using the theorical frameworks of Bergson, Schopenhauer, Jankelevitch, Escarpit and Genette among many others just how humour and irony create a particular vision, one that shows the multiple ways in which we can perceive the world around us. They make possible the representation of what is undeniably real and bring out polysemous meannings(s) in that which may at first appear incongruous. Given the numerous interpretations that humour and irony offer for a given situation, theses devices thus constitute strategies that build different esthetics within the novel as a literary genre. The latter becomes a sort of semantic playgroung where the specific forms of humour and irony develop: parody, derision, sarcasm,the grotesque and the farce. It is in this way that a veritable "poetics oflaughter" becomes apparent within the novels that we have examined. / Thesis (Ph.D, French) -- Queen's University, 2008-04-01 11:23:19.947

Inspirée par le fait que l’humour engagé tend à disparaître de la sphère humoristique au Québec, cette recherche exploratoire s’intéresse à l’appréciation de l’humour engagé en comparaison avec l’humour absurde. Deux figures représentatives québécoises de ces types d’humour ont été retenues, soit Guy Nantel et André Sauvé. À l’aide d’une méthodologie mixte, c’est-à-dire une analyse du contenu manifeste (quantitatif) complétée par une analyse de contenu latent (qualitatif), nous avons analysé des critiques ayant pour objet les spectacles des deux sujets humoristes. Les critiques analysées proviennent de deux sources : les spectateurs et les médias. Dans un premier temps, l’analyse de contenu manifeste a dévoilé un écart d’appréciation entre les critiques concernant Nantel et celles concernant Sauvé, ce dernier ayant obtenu une moyenne plus élevée. Dans un deuxième temps, l’analyse de contenu latent a permis de dégager certaines tendances au sujet de l’appréciation des deux types d’humour qui ont été examinées en fonction de six thèmes récurrents dans les critiques. Entre autres, la rigueur intellectuelle et l’intelligibilité du discours sont ressorties comme des propriétés très appréciées des critiques des médias et des spectateurs.

This study explored the link between use of humour and empathy among elementary school age children. Based on research demonstrating high levels of empathy in individuals who behave pro-socially and lower levels of empathy in individuals who behave antisocially, it was hypothesized that empathy (cognitive and affective) would be positively associated with positive uses of Humour, and negatively associated with negative uses of Humour. To this end, the Humour Styles Questionnaire (HSQ), developed for use with adults, was adapted for use with children and administered to 191 children (ages 8-13 from two elementary schools) along with a self-report measure of Cognitive and Affective Empathy. Factor analytic results verified a four factor solution for the HSQ, tapping use of Affiliative, Self -Enhancing, Self-Defeating and Aggressive Humour. Correlational analyses showed that the links between empathy and humour varied across types of humour and across boys and girls. Boys reporting higher levels of Cognitive Empathy were more likely to use humour in positive ways (Affiliative and Self-Enhancing Humour) and less likely to use humour to taunt others (Aggressive Humour) or to self-deprecate (Self-Defeating Humour). Boys who reported greater Affective Empathy were also less likely to use humour aggressively. For girls, greater Affective Empathy was associated with less use of Aggressive Humour and more use of Affiliative and Self-Enhancing Humour. Affiliative and Self-Enhancing Humour were also more likely among girls reporting greater Cognitive Empathy. Results of hierarchical regression analyses revealed that Cognitive Empathy contributed significantly to the variance in Self- Defeating, Affiliative and Self-Enhancing use of Humour, above and beyond sex effects. Affective Empathy was found to have a unique contribution, above and beyond sex effects, to the variance in Aggressive and Self-Defeating Humour.

Thesis (B.Sc. Hons.))--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Psychology, 1976. / Bibliography: p. 30-32.

Proefschrift--Letteren--Amsterdam--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1986. / Bibliogr. p. 193-211.

Inaug. _ Diss.: Philosophische Fakultät: Marburg: 1968. Bibliogr. p. 273 à 290.