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Niesamowitość i humor
The Uncanny and Humor

Author(s): Jisroel Trank
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: uncanniness; humor; Freud; psychoanalysis

Summary/Abstract: The article identifies the relationship between the phenomena of the uncanny andhumor. For this purpose, Trank first refers to Sigmund Freud and Ernst Jentsch’s findingsand then analyses literary texts. He then considers the opposites of randomness andcause-and-effect relationships, thanks to which Trank highlights the friction betweenhumor and rationality.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 194-206
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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