Just as a distinctive literary voice or style is marked by the ease
with which it can be parodied, so too can specific aspects of humor
be unique. Playwrights, television writers, novelists, cartoonists,
and film scriptwriters use many special technical devices to create
humor. Just as dramatic writers and novelists use specific devices
to craft their work, creators of humorous materials from the
ancient Greeks to today's stand-up comics have continued to use
certain techniques in order to generate humor. In The Art of Comedy
Writing, Arthur Asa Berger argues that there are a relatively
limited number of techniques forty-five in all that humorists
employ. Elaborating upon his prior, in-depth study of humor, An
Anatomy of Humor, in which Berger provides a content analysis of
humor in all forms joke books, plays, comic books, novels, short
stories, comic verse, and essaysThe Art of Comedy Writing goes
further. Berger groups each technique into four basic categories:
humor involving identity such as burlesque, caricature, mimicry,
and stereotype; humor involving logic such as analogy, comparison,
and reversal; humor involving language such as puns, wordplay,
sarcasm, and satire; and finally, chase, slapstick, and speed, or
humor involving action. Berger claims that if you want to know how
writers or comedians create humor study and analysis of their
humorous works can be immensely insightful. This book is a unique
analytical offering for those interested in humor. It provides
writers and critics with a sizable repertoire of techniques for use
in their own future comic creations. As such, this book will be of
interest to people inspired by humor and the creative process
professionals in the comedy field and students of creative writing,
comedy, literary humor, communications, broadcast/media, and the
humanities.
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