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The humour in science fiction litterature : identification ans specification of its contours, its attributes, its techniques and its variations

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This thesis is divided in two parts. The first part suggests a theory of humour, it starts studying that concept by explaining its enunciative, logical or syntactical structures in order to draw a clear vision of it, before offering a first attempt to define it. Then it establishes necessary distinctions between the various categories of the risible to refine the delineation of the contours of humour. Once the concept is marked out, the theory of humour suggests an original typology of humourous themes and a study of the three main variations of humour, before focusing on its purpose. The second part discusses, in the light of certain concepts developed in the first part, the question of humour in science fiction literature. Because of the few previous studies on the matter, it opts for a broad perspective and deals with various aspects of the phenomenon. At first, thought dwells on the origins, themes and reading pact of science fiction to analyze their impact on humour. Then it analyzes the actual share of humour compared to the other categories of risible before studying its development and its influence in science fiction. The last development of the thesis examines and classifies the interaction between humour and science fiction from the least significant to the most typical. It reaches the conclusion of the existence of a science-fictional humour that leans upon the creative power of the genre. Finally, the study finds a distinction between the existence of humour in science fiction and humourous science fiction depending on the amount of humour in the texts. It then focuses on the humourous science fiction and identifies its structures by analyzing the prominent elements of the stories, before looking at the impact of this relational dynamics on the construction of the characters.