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Laughing in Space: Robert Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Towards a New Humor Framework
| Title: | Laughing in Space: Robert Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Towards a New Humor Framework. |
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| Name(s): |
Thurmon, Ryan, author Martin, Thomas L., Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of English |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Created: | 2017 | |
| Date Issued: | 2017 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 61 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | 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. | |
| Identifier: | FA00004894 (IID) | |
| Degree granted: | Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. | |
| Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
| Note(s): | Includes bibliography. | |
| Subject(s): |
Heinlein, Robert A.--(Robert Anson),--1907-1988.--Moon is a harsh mistress--Criticism and interpretation. Humor in literature. Wit and humor--Psychological aspects. Comic, The, in literature. |
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| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
| Links: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004894 | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004894 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
