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== Stith Thompson classification of humor == == Stith Thompson classification of humor ==
*[[Motif-Index of Folk-Literature]] *[[Motif-Index of Folk-Literature]]
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-The folklore scholar Gershon Legman devoted several pages to the French conte-en-vers genre in an article entitled "Toward a Motif-Index of Erotic Humor." Legman underlined the significance of this genre in the context of folklore research: 
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-:The conte-en-vers is therefore the real connecting link between the earlier folktale collections and the modern scientific collections, and is the real repository of the native and original humorous material for nearly two centuries (1650-1850), where little of an original nature and almost nothing native will be found in the jestbooks. The entire literature of the conte-en-vers, whether dated from the burlesque and Aretinesque academies of the 1550's in Italy, or from La Fontaine's contes, "tires de Boccace" as he perfectly frankly admits, in the 1660's ... represents in sum an exceptionally large repertory of jokes and tales, purposely sought from the folk at a period when the jestbooks were already forgetful or contemptuous of folk sources, and far gone in sterile mutual plagiarism (Legman 1962, 237).  
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-... Thousands of obscene motifs in which there is no point but the obscenity itself might logically come at this point, but they are entirely beyond the scope of the present work. They form a literature to themselves, with its own periodicals and collections. In view of the possibility that it might become desirable to classify these motifs and place them within the present index, space has been left from X700 to X749 for such motifs (Thompson 1955-8, 5:514). --Catherine Grise via [1]  
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-X. HUMOR 
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-X0 – X99. Humor of discomfiture 
- X0. Humor of discomfiture 
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-X100– X199. Humor of disability 
- X100.Humor of disability 
- X110.Humor of deafness 
- X120.Humor of bad eyesight 
- X130.Other physical disabilities 
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-X200– X599.HUMOR OF SOCIAL CLASSES 
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-X200– X299. Humor dealing with tradesmen 
- X200.Humor dealing with tradesmen 
- X210.Jokes about millers 
- X220.Jokes about tailors 
- X230.Jokes about butchers 
- X240.Jokes about cobblers (shoemakers) 
- X250.Jokes about other artisans and tradesmen 
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-X300– X499. Humor dealing with professions 
- X300.Humor dealing with professions 
- X310.Jokes on lawyers 
- X330.Jokes on magistrates 
- X350.Jokes on teachers 
- X370.Jokes on scholars 
- X410.Jokes on parsons 
- X460.Humor concerning other professions 
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-X500– X599. Humor concerning other social classes 
- X500.Humor concerning other social classes 
- X510.Jokes concerning usurers 
- X520.Jokes concerning prostitutes 
- X530.Jokes concerning beggars 
- X540.Jokes on madmen 
- X550.Jokes on secret societies 
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-X600– X699. Humor concerning races or nations 
- X600.Humor concerning races or nations 
- X610.Jokes concerning Jews 
- X650.Jokes concerning other races or nations 
- X680.Jokes concerning various cities 
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-X700– X799. Humor concerning sex 
- X700.Humor concerning sex 
- X750.Jokes on old maids 
- X760.Jokes on courtship 
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-X800– X899. Humor based on drunkenness 
- X800.Humor based on drunkenness 
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-X900– X1899.HUMOR OF LIES AND EXAGGERATIONS 
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-X910– X1099. Lie: the remarkable man 
- X910– X959.Lie: the remarkable man: his birth, growth, death, 
- physical powers, strength 
- X910.Lie: the remarkable man 
- X920.Lie: the large man 
- X930.Lie: remarkable person’s physical powers and habits 
- X940.Lie: remarkably strong man 
- X960– X1019.Lie: remarkable person’s skills 
- X960.Lie: remarkable person’s skills 
- X980.Lie: occupational or professional skills 
- X1010.Lie: remarkable mental skills 
- X1020– 1079. Remarkable man’s extraordinary possessions 
- X1020.Lie: remarkable possessions of remarkable man 
- X1030.Lie: remarkable buildings 
- X1060.Lie: other possessions of remarkable man 
- X1070.Extraordinary man’s family 
- X1080– X1099.Lie: occupations of remarkable man 
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-X1100– X1199. Lie: great hunters and fishermen 
- X1100.Lie: the remarkable hunter 
- X1110.Lie: the wonderful hunt 
- X1120.Lie: the great marksman 
- X1130.Lie: hunter’s unusual experiences 
- X1150.Lies about fishing 
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-X1200– X1399. Lies about animals 
- X1200.Lie: remarkable animals 
- X1210.Lies about mammals 
- X1250.Lies about birds 
- X1280.Lies about insects 
- X1300.Lies about fish 
- X1320.Lies about reptiles 
- X1340.Lie: extraordinary amphibia and other animals 
- X1370.Lies about imaginary animals 
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-X1400– X1499. Lies about plants, fruits, vegetables and trees 
- X1400.Lies about plants, fruits, vegetables and trees 
- X1410.Lies about fruits 
- X1420.Lies about vegetables 
- X1450.Lies about field crops 
- X1470.Lies about trees 
- X1480.Lies about flowers 
- X1490.Lie: miscellaneous plant motifs 
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-X1500– X1599. Lies about geography and topography 
- X1500.Lies about geography and topography 
- X1510.Lies about land features 
- X1520.Lies about mountains and hills 
- X1530.Lies about remarkable soil 
- X1540.Lies about water features 
- X1550.Geography and topography – miscellaneous motifs 
- X1560.Lies about cities 
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-X1600– X1699. Lies about weather and climate 
- X1600.Lies about weather and climate 
- X1610.Lies about winds and storms 
- X1620.Lies about cold weather 
- X1630.Lies about hot weather 
- X1640.Lies about dry weather 
- X1650.Lies about precipitation and dampness 
- X1660.Lies about climate 
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-X1700– X1799. Lies: logical absurdities 
- X1700.Lies: logical absurdities 
- X1710.Lies about numbers 
- X1720.Absurd disregard of anatomy 
- X1740.Absurd disregard of natural laws 
- X1750.Absurd disregard of the nature of objects 
- X1760.Absurd disregard of the nature of non-material things 
- X1780.Absurdity based on the nature of the object 
- X1790.Other logical absurdities 
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-X1800– X1899. Miscellaneous lies and exaggerations 
- X1800.Miscellaneous lies and exaggerations 
- X1810.Tall tales about miscellaneous objects 
- X1850.Other tall tales 
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Humour is the ability or quality of people, objects, or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people. The term encompasses a form of entertainment or human communication which evokes such feelings, or which makes people laugh or feel happy.

Central to this wiki is the notion of black humour.

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amusement - black comedy - burlesque - caricature - comedy - funny - entertainment - irony - laughter - parody - ribaldry - ridicule - satire - send-up - spoof


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