Peter J Smith describes Scatological Humour as “… a humour that derives from a sense of physical imperfection or decay.”². A more succinct definition of this style of humour is Mouton de Gruyter’s novel the Primer of Humor (which was edited by Victor Raskin) where he states Scatology is “literature that discusses excrement and its production”³. These definitions deliver a distinct framework of what is purported by the term Scatological Humour; as a consequence, we can now commence on our exploration of this representation of humour and how it is expressed in these three medieval
Peter J Smith describes Scatological Humour as “… a humour that derives from a sense of physical imperfection or decay.”². A more succinct definition of this style of humour is Mouton de Gruyter’s novel the Primer of Humor (which was edited by Victor Raskin) where he states Scatology is “literature that discusses excrement and its production”³. These definitions deliver a distinct framework of what is purported by the term Scatological Humour; as a consequence, we can now commence on our exploration of this representation of humour and how it is expressed in these three medieval