Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,8, University of Duisburg-Essen (Fachbereich Geisteswissenschaften, Institut fur Anglophone Studien), language: English, abstract: After a short introduction to the state of humour research in general, this thesis is going to give an overview about the different humour theories and types of humour. After a short excursion to Stars Hollow and the setting of GILMORE GIRLS, the actual study of humour in GILMORE GIRLS on the basis of the 21 episodes of season one will follow. In that...