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Absurd Humor

Absurd Humor is a comedic genre characterized by the systematic subversion of logical causality and semantic coherence, wherein humor arises from irrational, paradoxical, or inherently meaningless situations that defy conventional narrative or rational expectations.

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Publications

989

Citations

41

Authors

19

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

Variants

Absurdist Humor

Parents

Publications

20

Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters

Elliott Oring, Ted Cohen · Western Folklore · 2000 · 185 citations

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When Is the Unfamiliar the Uncanny? Meaning Affirmation After Exposure to Absurdist Literature, Humor, and Art

Travis Proulx, Steven J. Heine, Kathleen D. Vohs · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 2010 · 146 citations

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Oral genres of humor

Helga Kotthoff · Pragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) · 2015 · 100 citations · Full text

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Infant humor: the theory of the absurd and the empowerment theory

Eleni Loizou · International Journal of Early Years Education · 2005 · 98 citations

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What makes things humorous

Caleb Warren, A. Peter McGraw · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2015 · 63 citations · Full text

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Authors

41

  1. CW
    Caleb Warren

    University of Arizona, United States

    1 publications · 63 citations

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  2. HL
    Hannah L. Golden

    University College London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  3. DG
    David Galloway

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  4. HK
    Helga Kotthoff

    University of Konstanz, Germany

    1 publications · 100 citations

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  5. JD
    Jonathan D. Rohrer

    University College London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 47 citations

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Institutions

19

  1. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  2. Waterford Institute of Technology

    Waterford, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  3. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    63 citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    12 publications

    564 citations

  5. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    146 citations

  6. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    146 citations

  7. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  8. University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    49 citations

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Venues

  1. American Literature

    2 publications · 25 citations

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  2. Journal of Literary Semantics

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  3. The Journal of Social Psychology

    1 publications · 17 citations

    1

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  4. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 1 publications · 146 citations

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  5. Studies in American Humor

    1 publications · 25 citations

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