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LB14 Presentation French & English humour VS American humour Be prepared to laugh…

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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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Page 1: LB14   Presentation French & English humour  VS  American humour

LB14 Presentation

French & English humour VS American humour

Be prepared to laugh…

Page 2: LB14   Presentation French & English humour  VS  American humour

Index

Humour belongs to human culture

French & English humour 2 videos

American humour 1 video

Globalization

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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

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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

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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

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2 videos

French http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyQbl

44QMQE English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4B_XTow0N8&feature=player_embedded

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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

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1 video

American http://www.culturepub.fr/videos/dunkin-d

onuts-surprise

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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

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