HUMOUR AND CULTURE 5: ROMANIAN HUMOUR

The volume will be of interest to both scholars and students who can have access to Romanian theoretical contributions to the study of humour and to a variety of applied researches in the fields of discourse analysis, psycho- and sociolinguistics, cultural and literary studies

List of Contents:

Part one: An overview of Romanian humour

Mihaela-Viorica Constantinescu, Violeta Ioana Rus, Romanian humour in a nutshell
Sonja Heintz, Stanca Măda, Răzvan Săftoiu, An overview on individual differences in humour related traits in Romania

Part two: Humour in the media

Mihaela-Viorica Constantinescu, Framing war in the humorous press
Mihaela Viorica Constantinescu, Pictorial verbal interplay in Romanian cartoons
Stanca Măda, Interpreting humorous adverts in online media
Stanca Măda, Building identity in humorous media interactions
Adrian Stoicescu, Comical intertextual memes as a tool in cultures of protest
Stanca Măda, Construction and negotiation of humorous meaning in radio journalistic texts

Raluca Sinu, Subtitling humour: The case of phrase play

Part three: Humour in everyday conversation and institutional interaction

Răzvan Săftoiu, On the sequential organisation and functions of laughter
Stanca Măda, Sources and functions of humour in workplace settings
Gabriela Chefneux, Humour in institutional talk in Romania - A comparative analysis
Răzvan Săftoiu, Romanian parliamentary debates. Humorous action and interaction

Part four: Ethnic humour

Timea Prosan, Noemi Tudor, Ethnic identity in jokes with Hungarians and Romanians
Violeta Ioana Rus, A multimodal analysis of conventional humorous structures on sensitive topics within rural communities in Romania
Romulus Bucur, Histories and signs: on semiotic manipulation in Romanian folk jokes

Part five: Humorous approaches in literature and cultural studies

CristinaIoana Dima, The Philosopher's smile and the Devil's laughter. Values of humour in Dimitrie
Cantemir's early writings
Rodica Maria Ilie, Dadaism - the art of kynical and cynical humour
Eugen Istodor, Why Ion Luca Caragiale lost his sense of humour and how the communists brought it back
Liliana Hoinărescu, Intertextual irony and humour in Romanian postmodern literature
Elena Buja, Humour in intercultural encounters