Error and Humour in David Lodge’s Small World
Error and Humour in David Lodge’s Small World
Author(s): Ruxandra DiaconuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: Humorous situations; qui pro quo; campus novels; error solving; irony.
Summary/Abstract: In his Campus Trilogy, David Lodge shapes an academic world filled with humorous and ironical situations. As he is a Literature Professor, Lodge has thorough knowledge of the world of the academia, as well as an excellent manner of employing the mechanisms of creating humour. He craftily uses error as a means of conveying humour. This paper focuses on the second novel of the Trilogy, Small World. An Academic Romance (1984) analyzing the relationship between error and humorous situations. These are triggered mainly by the characters being placed in unexpected situations, committing, facing and solving errors.
Journal: Annals of the University of Craiova, Series: Philology, English
- Issue Year: 2/2015
- Issue No: XVI
- Page Range: 84-92
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English