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Comic Irony

Comic Irony is a rhetorical device within the broader category of dramatic irony wherein the discrepancy between a character's understanding and the audience's knowledge results in humor, distinguished by its intent to amuse rather than provoke suspense or pathos.

24

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952

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29

Authors

12

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2017–2026

3

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Publications

24

Broadening Humor: Comic Styles Differentially Tap into Temperament, Character, and Ability

Willibald Ruch, Sonja Heintz, Tracey Platt et al. · Frontiers in Psychology · 2018 · 184 citations · Full text

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:<i>The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The New Arcadia)</i>

Christopher Martin · Sixteenth Century Journal · 1989 · 85 citations

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Irony, Interpretive Form, and the Theory of Meaning

David S. Kaufer · Poetics Today · 1983 · 64 citations

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The Amiable Humorist: A Study in the Comic Theory and Criticism of the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries.

Stuart M. Tave · Modern Language Notes · 1961 · 57 citations

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Brooklyn is not expanding: Woody Allen's comic universe

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 54 citations

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Authors

29

  1. SH
    Sonja Heintz

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    3 publications · 235 citations

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  2. WR
    Willibald Ruch

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    2 publications · 219 citations

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  3. HL
    Hàrry Levin

    Cornell University, United States

    2 publications · 40 citations

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  4. LW
    Lisa Wagner

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    2 publications · 219 citations

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  5. SM
    Stuart M. Tave

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 76 citations

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Institutions

12

  1. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    568 citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  3. Baruch College

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  4. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

    Halle, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    184 citations

  5. University of Wolverhampton

    Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    184 citations

  6. Lock Haven University

    Lock Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  7. University of Delaware

    Newark, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. Universidad Andrés Bello

    Santiago, Chile

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 173 citations

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  2. Frontiers in Psychology

    1 publications · 184 citations

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  3. Modern Language Notes

    1 publications · 57 citations

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  4. Comparative Literature

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. Medical Entomology and Zoology

    1 publications · 37 citations

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