Humour in Prison: Brendan Behan Confesses
The essay explores the comical aspects of Behan’s autobiographical writings. It focuses on how humour, especially black humour, often flourishes wherever we find conflicts and contrasts. Humour is always born out of oppositions, and it can be argued that it always functions as an act of resistance t...
Main Author: | Enrico Terrinoni |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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International University of Sarajevo
2008-01-01
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Series: | Epiphany |
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Online Access: | http://www.ius.edu.ba:8080/epiphany/index.php?journal=epiphany&page=article&op=view&path[]=18&path[]=15 |
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