In your own words, why does a non-sensical/absurd joke have to contain some grain of meaning?
Read this chapter by FREUD from his book “Jokes and their Relationship to the Unconscious”Attached Files:File Freud Pleasure in Jokes.pdf (2.151 MB)This is not an easy read but very important. In this article Freud explains that humor and especially non-sense arises in early childhood before any “logic” is taught to children.Freud wrote this in 1905 in German, therefore there are many German words and jokes from that period that are not very relatable to us today. Start reading from p. 174 from the paragraph that begins with ‘Pleasure in nonsense’… and continue to the end. Be sure to read the part where he talks about how jokes, especially absurd jokes, override critical thinking.Answer the following:1) According to the article by Freud, why do small children enjoy playing with words and how does pleasure in absurd play originate?2) Explain how you understand the observation below (p. 182) about pleasure derived from a joke:”We are inclined to give the thought the benefit of what has pleased us in the form of the joke; and we are no longer inclined to find anything wrong that has given us enjoyment and so to spoil the source of a pleasure.”3) In your own words, why does a non-sensical/absurd joke have to contain some grain of meaning? If a joke is absurd, why does it have to make sense?
