Was it you who died, or your brother? / Baldwin, Hannah.
In: Humor, 27.05.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Was it you who died, or your brother? / Baldwin, Hannah.
In: Humor, 27.05.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Was it you who died, or your brother?
AU - Baldwin, Hannah
PY - 2019/5/27
Y1 - 2019/5/27
N2 - This paper seeks to apply Christie Davies' target theory to the classical jokebook Philogelos and more specifically, its most common protagonist, the scholastikos, whose central flaw is stupidity caused by his inability to interact with material reality, similar to modern "dotty professor" jokes. This paper seeks to build a model of how scholastikos jokes work, how the stereotype is constructed and perpetuated, how this differs from other "stupid" stereotypes used elsewhere in the Philogelos (largely ethnic-based stereotypes), and possible social and cultural anxieties bound up in the character of the scholastikos. It will explore the relationship between ancient and modern targets in light of Christie Davies' target theory and extend this model of how humour functions to transhistorical case studies.
AB - This paper seeks to apply Christie Davies' target theory to the classical jokebook Philogelos and more specifically, its most common protagonist, the scholastikos, whose central flaw is stupidity caused by his inability to interact with material reality, similar to modern "dotty professor" jokes. This paper seeks to build a model of how scholastikos jokes work, how the stereotype is constructed and perpetuated, how this differs from other "stupid" stereotypes used elsewhere in the Philogelos (largely ethnic-based stereotypes), and possible social and cultural anxieties bound up in the character of the scholastikos. It will explore the relationship between ancient and modern targets in light of Christie Davies' target theory and extend this model of how humour functions to transhistorical case studies.
KW - Christie Davies
KW - classical humor
KW - jokebook
KW - Philogelos
KW - target theory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85062207961&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1515/humor-2018-0084
DO - 10.1515/humor-2018-0084
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062207961
JO - Humor
JF - Humor
SN - 0933-1719
ER -