The Mind Creative
humour.
Parody: Parody derives humour by making a mockery of another
original work.
Satire: Satire is a form of humour that derives its source from
human deficiencies or stupidities.
I take this opportunity to present an extract from a lecture given
by Dr. William Coles at Kenyon College in June 25, 2009:
“Successful humour in prose fiction most often is embedded in
the creative style of the author through a thorough understanding
of what humour can do for writing. Trying to recreate humour
through descriptive narration of the humorous event is almost
always doomed to be less humorous than the event itself. Most
successful humour in prose is transferred by engagement of reader
in story — and characters — and experiencing humour through
action.”
Dr. Coles then goes on to say that “A sense of humour is the ability
of a human to experience humour. Humour, however, is specific
for each individual and depends on a host of variables: location,
culture, maturity, education, intelligence and context.”
I would like to urge the reader to visit Dr. Coles’ website
http://www.storyinliteraryfiction.com/ that has some excellent
articles.
References:
Eric Decker’s Laughing Stalk:
(http://laughing-stalk.blogspot.com.au/2010/02/understanding-7-different-typesof.html).
Story in Literary Fiction: http://www.storyinliteraryfiction.com/essays-on-writing/howhumor-works-in-literary-fiction/
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