Kazamian, L.

Japanese: カザミアン,L. - かざみあん
Kazamian, L.

...However, some foreign literature scholars prefer the more faithful English term "humor." It is nearly impossible to discuss what humor is with academic rigor, and Louis Cazamian (1877-1965), a French English literature scholar who wrote the great work "The Development of English Humour" (1930-52), already published an essay in 1906 entitled "Why Humor Cannot Be Defined." Humor is not simply laughter, humor, or humor; it is complex and extremely contradictory, containing elements of "pathos."

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Japanese:

…ただし外国文学者の中には,英語により忠実な〈ヒューマー〉を好む人もいる。 ユーモアとは何か,を学問的厳密さをもって論じることは不可能に近く,フランスの英文学者で,《イギリス・ユーモアの発達》(1930‐52)という大著を書いたカザミアンLouis Cazamian(1877‐1965)は,すでに1906年に〈なぜユーモアは定義できないか〉という論文を発表しているほどである。ユーモアは単なる笑い,滑稽,ひょうきんとは違うもので,そこに〈ペーソス(哀しみ)〉の要素が混じる,複雑できわめて矛盾に満ちたものである。…

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