الفكاهة في أدب الأطفال العرﺑﻲ

Abstract

Many theories have dealt with humor and focused, on the whole, on certain
factors associated with laughter such as surprise, superiority, control, contradiction
in meaning, venting excessive energy and underlying desires. This study aims at
highlighting the singnificance of humor in children’s literature through a survey of
the most important humor theories and then searching for the manifestation of
humor in Arab children’s literature. This paper seeks to fill the large gap in this
area of study. Based on some experise available to us in the field of education in
general and children’s literature in particular, we will attempt to approach this
subject with as clear and holistic as possible, with special focus on its literary and
educational aspects.