High-School Students and the "Great American Joke.".

Lee, Mary

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Publication Date: 1989

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High-School Students and the "Great American Joke."

Lee, Mary

English Journal, v78 n3 p46-48 Mar 1989

Explains how Louis D. Rubin's theory of the "Great American Joke" (the gap between our cultural ideal and the everyday facts of American life and society) can be used to help students understand humor in an American literature unit. (SR)

Descriptors: High School Students, Humor, Satire, Secondary Education, United States Literature

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Language: English

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