TY - JOUR
T1 - Limitations on the comic frame
T2 - Some witty American women of the nineteenth century
AU - Cheree Carlson, A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Carlson is Assistant Professor in the department of Communication Arts and Theatre at the University of Maryland, College Park. This project was supported by a grant from the Graduate Research Board at the University of Maryland.
PY - 1988/8
Y1 - 1988/8
N2 - Kenneth Burke’s concept of literary reference "frames" has become important in the study of rhetoric and social change. The tragic frame has been thoroughly examined, but other metaphors for rhetorical movements remain relatively unexplored. The rhetoric of selected woman humorists from 1820 to 1880 exemplifies the operation of various frames related to the comic. The prevailing form of women’s humor became less and less truly comic, eventually sliding to the satiric and finally into burlesque. The comic frame could not be maintained, because these writers were unable to foster identification between females and males, and failed to provide a world view that could accommodate social change.
AB - Kenneth Burke’s concept of literary reference "frames" has become important in the study of rhetoric and social change. The tragic frame has been thoroughly examined, but other metaphors for rhetorical movements remain relatively unexplored. The rhetoric of selected woman humorists from 1820 to 1880 exemplifies the operation of various frames related to the comic. The prevailing form of women’s humor became less and less truly comic, eventually sliding to the satiric and finally into burlesque. The comic frame could not be maintained, because these writers were unable to foster identification between females and males, and failed to provide a world view that could accommodate social change.
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U2 - 10.1080/00335638809383844
DO - 10.1080/00335638809383844
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84950616271
SN - 0033-5630
VL - 74
SP - 310
EP - 322
JO - Quarterly Journal of Speech
JF - Quarterly Journal of Speech
IS - 3
ER -