Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors": A Psycho-Semiotic Analysis (Anthem Impact)

Arthur Asa Berger's Shakespeare's Comedy of Errorsuses semiotics along with a psychoanalytic approach to offer a granular analysis of one of Shakespeare's funniest and most interesting comedies. It is distinctive in that it offers a discussion of the basic techniques found in comic literature of all kinds and applies these techniques to events in the play. It also offers a discussion of the basic theories of humor and a syntagmatic and paradigmatic analysis of the play. It provides an overview of the theories of humor, what the author calls why theories, to provide a general understanding of how humor works. This is contrasted with his 45 techniques which deal with what makes people laugh.

• | Author: Arthur Asa Berger
• | Publisher: Anthem Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 13, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 108 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Humor
• | ISBN-10: 1839984988
• | ISBN-13: 9781839984983