The paradox structure in humorous narrative: an analysis of intellectuals as comic heroes

This thesis is to study certain humorous phenomena in several literary works written in different languages. The humorous texts chosen for analysis in this thesis are: 1) Candide written by the French writer Voltaire, published for the first time in French in 1759; 2) The British Museum is Falling D...

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Main Author: Li, Jun
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2004
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/7654/1/426497.pdf