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THE INTERACTION OF THE THREE TRADITIONAL HUMOUR THEORIES IN NEIL SIMON’S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS

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THE INTERACTION OF THE THREE TRADITIONAL HUMOUR THEORIES IN NEIL SIMON’S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS

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Humour/laughter is a human entity and activity. It takes place in almost all kinds of social interactions. Most of us cannot help laughing at something funny in our daily routines. Laughter is the fundamental mode of expression common to human beings. From this perspective, Simon is considered one of the most significant playwrights who uses laughter elements skilfully in his works. He is called a “laugh machine". Marvin Neil Simon (1927-2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter, television joke writer, and one of the most popular and successful dramatists commercially and artistically in the history of American theatre. This paper aims to explore how Neil Simon uses three traditional humour/laughter theories: The Superiority Theory, the Incongruity Theory, and the Relief Theory, in his Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983). It is an autobiographical play and one of Simon’s masterpieces in Simon’s BB Trilogy. This play is rich enough to explore three traditional humour theories. It deals with one family’s survival struggle just before the World War II during the Great Depression. It was a time of hardships for millions of people in the late 1930s. While Father makes all decisions, a passive-aggressive mother is self-sacrificing and manipulates his sons. The study adopts the qualitative analysis research method incorporated into analysis of dramatic texts.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sanat ve Edebiyat

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

27 Aralık 2022

Gönderilme Tarihi

14 Eylül 2022

Kabul Tarihi

18 Aralık 2022

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2022 Sayı: 30

Kaynak Göster

APA
Şekerci, E., & Parlak, E. (2022). THE INTERACTION OF THE THREE TRADITIONAL HUMOUR THEORIES IN NEIL SIMON’S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS. Kafkas Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 30, 503-518. https://doi.org/10.56597/kausbed.1175077
AMA
1.Şekerci E, Parlak E. THE INTERACTION OF THE THREE TRADITIONAL HUMOUR THEORIES IN NEIL SIMON’S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS. KAÜSBED. 2022;(30):503-518. doi:10.56597/kausbed.1175077
Chicago
Şekerci, Emre, ve Erdinç Parlak. 2022. “THE INTERACTION OF THE THREE TRADITIONAL HUMOUR THEORIES IN NEIL SIMON’S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS”. Kafkas Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, sy 30: 503-18. https://doi.org/10.56597/kausbed.1175077.
EndNote
Şekerci E, Parlak E (01 Aralık 2022) THE INTERACTION OF THE THREE TRADITIONAL HUMOUR THEORIES IN NEIL SIMON’S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS. Kafkas Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 30 503–518.
IEEE
[1]E. Şekerci ve E. Parlak, “THE INTERACTION OF THE THREE TRADITIONAL HUMOUR THEORIES IN NEIL SIMON’S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS”, KAÜSBED, sy 30, ss. 503–518, Ara. 2022, doi: 10.56597/kausbed.1175077.
ISNAD
Şekerci, Emre - Parlak, Erdinç. “THE INTERACTION OF THE THREE TRADITIONAL HUMOUR THEORIES IN NEIL SIMON’S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS”. Kafkas Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 30 (01 Aralık 2022): 503-518. https://doi.org/10.56597/kausbed.1175077.
JAMA
1.Şekerci E, Parlak E. THE INTERACTION OF THE THREE TRADITIONAL HUMOUR THEORIES IN NEIL SIMON’S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS. KAÜSBED. 2022;:503–518.
MLA
Şekerci, Emre, ve Erdinç Parlak. “THE INTERACTION OF THE THREE TRADITIONAL HUMOUR THEORIES IN NEIL SIMON’S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS”. Kafkas Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, sy 30, Aralık 2022, ss. 503-18, doi:10.56597/kausbed.1175077.
Vancouver
1.Emre Şekerci, Erdinç Parlak. THE INTERACTION OF THE THREE TRADITIONAL HUMOUR THEORIES IN NEIL SIMON’S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS. KAÜSBED. 01 Aralık 2022;(30):503-18. doi:10.56597/kausbed.1175077