Humor In Literature

Understatement or litotes.

Humor in literature. There are several types of devices that create humor. Examples of humor in literature. Humor is in fact the end product and not the. Example meiosis hyperbole comic irony humorous dialect satire. Humor helps with that. Admittedly some widely known authors feel that humor writing skills let alone the sense of humor are mystically inherited rather than learned and likely molded by such factors as ethnic characteristics early childhood maternal in uence and insecurity. Wilson charles reagan and william ferris eds encyclopedia of southern culture chapel hill n c.

Published in 1932 in satirical response to romantic rural literature popular at the time stella gibbons cold comfort farm is a rollicking read about flora poste a broke 19 year old metropolitan orphan who decides to impose herself upon her remote farming relatives the starkadders. 7 reasons writers of serious novels should use humor in their fiction 1. Lesson ideas for analyzing humor in literature create a six column chart with the following headers. Understatement is an expression of lesser emphasis than expected or called for. We writers are urged to make our characters relatable. Humor definition of humor. Read several humorous works in class and instruct students.

Irony resides in this more intellectual end of the spectrum arguably the most useful humor concept for writers of literary fiction. People with a sense of humor are better liked and research shows. University of north carolina press 1989. And cousins urk ezra harkaway and caraway this laugh out loud novel details what. Humor consisting of a witty saying such as too many people run out of ideas long before they run out of words not all epigrams are humorous however two masters of epigrammatic humor are benjamin franklin as the author of poor richard s almanack and oscar wilde. Psychological well being affiliative style humour. To make a mountain out of a molehill.

One example of. Used by permission of the publisher. To represent as thing as greater than it is. Assigning positive traits to characters. Southern humor like much of the best southern writing in general has been boisterous and physical often grotesque and generally realistic. Humor is a literary tool that makes audiences laugh or that intends to induce amusement or. Literary devices that create humor exaggeration or overstatement.

Jane austen s novel. Imitate a humorous work with a creative writing assignment. Full of aptly and hilariously named characters such as the jersey cows graceless pointless aimless and feckless.