Reading Level
What is the reading level of Humour?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Humour is 13th and 14th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
Humour
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 11 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 13 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 10 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 8 |
Reading Time
3 hrs 21 mins
How long to read Humour?
The estimated word count of Humour is 50,065 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 3 hrs 21 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 5 hrs 34 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 52 mins.
| Humour - 50,065 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 5 hrs 34 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 3 hrs 21 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs 52 mins |
- Authors
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Terry Eagleton
More about Humour
50,065 words
Word Count
for Humour
224 pages
Pages
5 hours and 23 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture—by one of its greatest exponents Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humour and the functions it serves. Why do we laugh? What are we to make of the sheer variety of laughter, from braying and cackling to sniggering and chortling? Is humour subversive, or can it defuse dissent? Can we define wit? Packed with illuminating ideas and a good many excellent jokes, the book critically examines various well-known theories of humour, including the idea that it springs from incongruity and the view that it reflects a mildly sadistic form of superiority to others. Drawing on a wide range of literary and philosophical sources, Terry Eagleton moves from Aristotle and Aquinas to Hobbes, Freud, and Bakhtin, looking in particular at the psychoanalytical mechanisms underlying humour and its social and political evolution over the centuries.