BLACK HUMOR IN THE LIGHT OF THEORY OF V. RASKIN AND S. ATTARDO (BY THE MATERIAL OF THE RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH JOKES)
Kosinets Inna Ivanovna
Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University
Abstract. The article analyzes the main theses of the semantic theory of V. Ruskin and the general theory of verbal humor of S. Attardo with the aim to reveal the specific criteria that allow determining the belonging of the Russian and English jokes to black humorous discourse. The article considers in detail the most recurrent oppositions of scripts found in the Russian and English black jokes, as well as logical mechanisms that contribute to the achievement of the comic effect.
Key words and phrases: теория вербального юмора, семантическая теория юмора, юмористический дискурс, черный юмор, оппозиция скриптов, логический механизм, нарративная стратегия, комический эффект, theory of verbal humor, semantic theory of humor, humorous discourse, black humor, script opposition, logical mechanism, narrative strategy, comic effect
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