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020 _a9781501327407
020 _z9781501327384 (PDF)
020 _z9781501327391 (electronic book)
020 _z9781501327414 (hardback)
041 _aeng
100 _aKlika, D. T.,
_eauthor.
_918426
245 _aSituation comedy, character and psychoanalysis :
_bon the couch with Lucy, Basil and Kimmie /
_cD.T. Klika.
260 _aLondon :
_bBloomsbury Academic,
_c2017.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 210 pages) :
_billustrations
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"Situation Comedy, Character, and Psychoanalysis puts the sitcom character on the analyst's couch and closely examines the characters of Basil Fawlty, Lucy Ricardo and Kim from Australia's Kath & Kim, in order to reveal the essential elements that must exist in a sitcom before even the first joke is written. Original in its approach, D.T. Klika uncovers major findings about the sitcom as well as human behavior and relationships that we find 'arresting' and even "familial". By offering a new way of reading the sitcom using psychoanalytic theory, this book can be used as a basis for engaging in critical discourses as well as textual analysis of programs. Psychoanalytic theory enables a reading of character motivations and relationships, in turn elucidating the power struggle that exists between characters in this form of comedy. Situation Comedy, Character, and Psychoanalysis shines a light on what is at play in the sitcom that makes us laugh, and why we love the characters we do, only to discover that this form of comedy is more complex than we first thought."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bLondon :
_cBloomsbury Publishing,
_d2018
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess limited by licensing agreement.
650 _aPsychoanalysis and television.
_918427
650 _aSituation comedies (Television programs)
_918428
650 _2Television
856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.5040/9781501327407?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
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_d13288