Afinita laskavosti a humoru v úvahách Louise Cazamiana

Louise Cazamian’s study deals with the validity of the commonly accepted assumption that there is an essential relation between humour and kindness. Cazamian pursues this question on the background of his concept of the mechanism of humour as a particular type of comic language. He shows that this m...

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Published inKultúrne dejiny Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 104 - 121
Main Author Ševčík, Miloš
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published VERBUM - Catholic University in Ružomberok Press 2020
VERBUM - vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku
Subjects
Philosophy of Language
love
transposition
humor
Louis Cazamian
comic
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Summary:Louise Cazamian’s study deals with the validity of the commonly accepted assumption that there is an essential relation between humour and kindness. Cazamian pursues this question on the background of his concept of the mechanism of humour as a particular type of comic language. He shows that this mechanism consists in apparent suspension of the natural reaction to reality and its transposition into the unnatural response. Nevertheless, such an unnatural response suggests the natural reaction as well. This confluence of various types of different or even contradictory reactions usually results in a tolerant view of reality. However Cazamian emphasizes that despite of the fact that this usual tolerant view is close to kindness, there is not necessarily relation between humour and kindness. On the contrary, there is a lot of cases of insensitive or even cruel humour. Further, Cazamian highlights that the kindness of humour is in part a strategy of the humourist, who does not want to be seen as rude, but with respect to the harsh essence of the comic mate¬rial in general, the kindness could not be part of humour itself.
ISSN:1338-2209
2989-3313