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Be prepared to laugh …. LB14 Presentation French & English humour VS American humour. Index. Humour belongs to human culture French & English humour 2 videos American humour 1 video Globalization. Humour belongs to human culture. French & English humour. Specificities. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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LB14 Presentation
French & English humour VS American humour
Be prepared to laugh…
Index
Humour belongs to human culture
French & English humour 2 videos
American humour 1 video
Globalization
Humour belongs to human culture
Specific to the human
being:
•Abilitites of our species: thinking and inteligence
•Not necessary but social (communication so interculturality, weapon, etc).
•Smiling and laughing is human
Roots:•Before writting•Etymologically ‘‘humor ’’ is
british :« humour britannique ». (plaisanteries)
•Depends on culture and personnality
French & English humour
High context
Requires lot of knowledge
The unspoken constitutes most of the language:
implicit
Humour is ubiquiscious
Polychronic
Disorganized : no rules and no
standards
Fantasy and creative (play on
words, pun)
Low speed communicati
on
Information is implicit and hide behind
humour
A way to emphasize
the message
Aesthetic
Convicing
Specificities
French• Provocation and
cynisme• Attacking poeple
personally • BE-ER
conception• Provoking
emotions• Emotional
culture (vs Facts)
CommonSelf-
mockeryVery
esteemed
English• Absurd
• DO-ER conception
• Reversing roles
2 videos
French http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyQbl
44QMQE English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4B_XTow0N8&feature=player_embedded
American humour
Low context
No need of extra-knowledge to understand:
situation comedy, gestures, behaviors
Everything is said: explicit
Humour is also
ubiquiscious
Monochronic
Always the same layout: short story with a dealine (the
finish)
High speed communicati
on
Straight to the point
Functional
Low power distance
Saying outloud what
is not supposed to
be said
Do not laugh about the
bases of the community
1 video
American http://www.culturepub.fr/videos/dunkin-d
onuts-surprise
Globalization
Globalization• Homogenization of laugh: american jokes make
us laugh but not the inverse• Standardization of humour ‘‘follows’’ political
and economical hegemony of the USA
Futur• With the internet, buzz becomes international• High context countries become more and more
low context
Questions ?