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Laughing in Space: Robert Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Towards a New Humor Framework

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. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:fau.edu/oai:fau.digital.flvc.org:fau_38058
ContributorsThurmon, Ryan (author), Martin, Thomas L. (Thesis advisor), Florida Atlantic University (Degree grantor), Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
PublisherFlorida Atlantic University
Source SetsFlorida Atlantic University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text
Format61 p., application/pdf
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