"Bazinga!"

ǂthe ǂdevelopment of humour in selected episodes of the sitcom The big bang theory

Silvija Repas (Author), Katja Plemenitaš (Mentor)

Abstract

Magistrsko delo se osredotoča na humor v priljubljeni ameriški nanizanki Veliki pokovci. Delo je vsebinsko razdeljeno na dva dela: teoretičnega in empiričnega. V teoretičnem delu magistrskega dela so vključene različne definicije in najbolj tradicionalne teorije o humorju. Predstavljeni so najbolj tipične šale glede na vsako teorijo: teorija superiornosti (šale, ki napadajo "tarče"), teorija neskladnosti (besedne igre) in teorija olajšave (šale z vključenimi tabu temami). Za namen raziskave smo se osredotočili na teorijo humornih tehnik, ki se delijo v 4 večje skupine: jezik, logičnost, identiteta in dogajanje. Tipologija je pomagala pri identifikaciji šal v raziskovalnem vzorcu. Empirični del predstavlja analizo šal v 3 epizodah, vzetih iz različnih sezon omenjene serije. Ker smo želeli raziskati, kako razvoj likov vpliva na humor, smo se odločili za analizo epizode iz 1., 6. in 12. sezone, ki je bila tudi zadnja sezona izbrane serije. Za analizo in interpretacijo le-te so bili uporabljeni kvalitativni in kvantitativni pristopi. Ugotovili smo, da se humor spreminja z razvojem likov: osebe so se sicer razvijale počasi ter so tekom sezon notranje rasle in se zapletle v različne odnose, kar je bila podlaga za manjše spremembe v vrsti uporabljenih šal. Rezultati so pokazali, da se je število šal v kasnejših epizodah povečalo (epizoda iz 1. sezone je vsebovala najmanjše število šal, le-te pa so bile v osnovi povezane z rabo jezika).

Keywords

master theses;humour;theories of humor;humour techniques;American sitcom;The big bang theory;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2021
Typology:	2.09 - Master's Thesis
Organization:	UM FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher:	[S. Repas]
UDC:	811.111:82-7:791.241(043.2)
COBISS:	81896195
Views:	334
Downloads:	43
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Bazinga! development of humour in selected episodes of the sitcom the big bang theory
Secondary abstract:	This master's thesis deals with humour in the popular American sitcom The Big Bang Theory. It is divided into two parts: theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part includes definitions of humour and the most traditional theories of humour and the jokes that exemplify each of them: Superiority Theory (jokes attacking a target), Incongruity Theory (wordplay) and Relief Theory (jokes with taboo subjects). For our research, we focused on the theory of humour techniques that are divided into 4 groups: language, logic, identity and action. The typology helped us identify jokes in our research sample. The empirical part presents the analysis of 3 selected episodes from different seasons. Because we wanted to explore how the development of characters impacted the humour, we decided to analyse one episode from the 1st season, one episode from the 6th season and one episode from the 12th season, which was the last one. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used when interpreting the results. We found out that humour changed with the development of characters: the characters slowly grew, got tangled in relationships and evolved which was the basis for the slight shift in jokes. The results showed that the number of jokes rose with the later episodes (the episode from the 1st season had the least number of jokes, which were mostly based on language).
Secondary keywords:	magistrska dela;humor;teorije humorja;humorne tehnike;ameriške nanizanke;Veliki pokovci;Humor;Televizijske nadaljevanke;Angleščina;Univerzitetna in visokošolska dela;
Type (COBISS):	Master's thesis/paper
Thesis comment:	Univ. v Mariboru, Filozofska fak., Oddelek za anglistiko in amerikanistiko
Pages:	XI f., 109 str.
ID:	13273956