Humour and Culture 2. Polish Humour

Pierwsza całościowa publikacja poświęcona tradycji i współczesności humoru polskiego oraz badań nad nim, przeznaczona dla odbiorców anglojęzycznych i stanowiąca drugi tom nowej serii Humour and Culture.

The volume is the first such a thorough monograph study of Polish humour on the market. It is divided into three parts - the first one offers a broad perspective on genres of humour, the second discusses more specific forms of humour, abd the third is the overview of Polish humour research in philosophy, literary studies, linguistics, folklore and psychology. The articles present humour across the board, starting from literature overview from the Middle Ages till modern times.

Contents

Part I Genres of Polish humour

Natalia Lemann
Humour in prose literature from the Middle Ages to 1918
Paweł Kamocki
The comic spirit of Old Poland in literature
Maria Wojtak
Comic effects in the stage works of Aleksander Fredro
Izabela Curyłło-Klag
Laughing at life's lowest abominations with Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
Michał Palmowski
Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński's Little Theatre of the Green Goose
Jerzy Jarniewicz
Subversive tomfoolery. Humour in poetry after 1989
Natalia Lemann, Katarzyna Gucio
Humour in contemporary literature
Natalia Lemann
An orphan in prison, or humour in fantasy literature
Izabela Mikrut
Satire and satirists in twentieth-century Poland
Łukasz Błąd
Cabaret in Poland - Polish cabaret
Maria Wojtak
Humour in the contemporary press
Marta Dynel
Polish film comedies
Beata Grochala, Iwona Dembowska-Wosik
All we hear is radio Poland
Grzegorz Grzegorczyk
Television humour
Beata Grochala, Iwona Dembowska-Wosik
Humour in the global network

Part II Forms of Polish humour

Grzegorz Grzegorczyk
Winged words - contemporary proverbs and aphorisms
Agnieszka Libura, Amelia Kiełbawska
Humour in posters
Maria Załęska
The Polish caricature
Agnieszka Libura
Images from post-war Poland in the mirror of satirical drawings
Izabela Mikrut, Łukasz Błąd
The cabaret song
Maria Świątkiewicz-Mośny
Political humour in the period of People's Republic of Poland
Marta Dynel
Contemporary political humour
Dorota Brzozowska
Ethnic jokes
Agnieszka Uścińska
The Jewish szmonces 1918-1939
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Andrzej Ksenicz
Humour of the Russniak (Lemko) people
Anna Lubecka
The image of the Roma in Polish jokes
Maria Świątkiewicz-Mośny
Regional humour of Upper Silesia
Monika Kostro
Manly banks and high-heeled bank accounts. Gender humour in advertising
Beata Grochala, Iwona Dembowska-Wosik
Well begun is half done - sense of humour of children and adolescents

Part III Humour research in Poland

Władysław Chłopicki
Between philosophy, literature and linguistics of humour in Poland - an overview
Janina Hajduk-Nijakowska
Folklore studies on humour
Anna Radomska
Researching psychology of humour
Joanna Olejarczyk
Humour events - conferences and festivals

Notes on Contributors