September 30, 2025

From Romantic to Realistic Laughter

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This paper compares romantic laughter, intertwined with serious themes, and realistic laughter, suggesting different implications for literature.

Romantic laughter intertwines with serious content, illustrating complex emotional responses.
Realistic laughter emerges distinctively from seriousness, often used for practical behavior in literature.
Works by Dostoevsky and Chekhov display unfunny laughter, challenging traditional comedic elements.
The artificial persona, like that of Kozma Prutkov, becomes central to understanding the dynamics of laughter.

Игорь П. Смирнов (2023) studied this question.

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This paper compares romantic laughter, intertwined with serious themes, and realistic laughter, suggesting different implications for literature.