Linguistic Approaches to Literature - Assignment 7 James Madison University

Instructions: Do each of the questions below. [This assignment will be marked only as an acceptable or unacceptable effort.]

1. Attempt to use the theories of humor applied to so-called "humor novels" in the "Funny Fiction..." article to analyze the humor in "Me Talk Real Pretty One Day." To what extent, if any, do these theories apply? To what extent, if any, do they fail to work or fail to explain some aspects of the humor in this work?