The term “humour” is one which is applied in a general sense to refer either to a work of art or to a characteristic which may occur in any kind of writing. Similarly, the term is used to describe a teller of funny stories or one of man's natural endowments, his sense of humour. As an art form humour has been less analysed than its counterpart, tragedy, and until recently little attention had even been paid to the nature of the laughter which accompanies humour. For this reason, and before beginning a study of the work of Stephen Leacock, it would be well to make some general observations about humour as an art form.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.110314 |
| Date | January 1956 |
| Creators | Skoll, Selma. D. |
| Contributors | MacLennan, H. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts. (Department of English.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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