MEANS OF CREATING A COMICAL EFFECT IN AN IDEAL INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF OUR GREATEST ACTORS BY S. LEACOCK
Purpose. The article is devoted to the means of creating a comical effect in belles-letters texts. The goal of the research is to determine the main lexical and stylistic means Stephen Leacock employs to achieve comical effect in his story An Ideal Interview with One of Our Greatest Actors. The main...
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| author | Lana Sergeevna Bizikoeva |
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| description | Purpose. The article is devoted to the means of creating a comical effect in belles-letters texts. The goal of the research is to determine the main lexical and stylistic means Stephen Leacock employs to achieve comical effect in his story An Ideal Interview with One of Our Greatest Actors.
The main methods of the research are based on the analytical-descriptive one and the method of contextual analysis.
Results. Having analyzed the existing definitions of the term “comical”, as well as the stylistic devices Stephen Leacock employs in his story, we came to the conclusion that comical effect is achieved by means of various stylistic devices, mainly irony and hyperbole.
Practical implications. The received results can be used in teaching stylistics of the English language and stylistic analysis of the text. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-825e0df459ca4b959a6588fa1836aa062022-12-21T19:07:31ZengScience and Innovation Center Publishing HouseSovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem2077-17702218-74052019-08-01114909710.12731/2077-1770-2019-4-90-977554MEANS OF CREATING A COMICAL EFFECT IN AN IDEAL INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF OUR GREATEST ACTORS BY S. LEACOCKLana Sergeevna Bizikoeva0Северо-Осетинский государственный университет им. К.Л. ХетагуроваPurpose. The article is devoted to the means of creating a comical effect in belles-letters texts. The goal of the research is to determine the main lexical and stylistic means Stephen Leacock employs to achieve comical effect in his story An Ideal Interview with One of Our Greatest Actors. The main methods of the research are based on the analytical-descriptive one and the method of contextual analysis. Results. Having analyzed the existing definitions of the term “comical”, as well as the stylistic devices Stephen Leacock employs in his story, we came to the conclusion that comical effect is achieved by means of various stylistic devices, mainly irony and hyperbole. Practical implications. The received results can be used in teaching stylistics of the English language and stylistic analysis of the text.http://journal-s.org/index.php/mrsp/article/view/12271комическоекомический эффектирониясатираязыковые средствастилистические приемыгипербола |
| spellingShingle | Lana Sergeevna Bizikoeva MEANS OF CREATING A COMICAL EFFECT IN AN IDEAL INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF OUR GREATEST ACTORS BY S. LEACOCK Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem комическое комический эффект ирония сатира языковые средства стилистические приемы гипербола |
| title | MEANS OF CREATING A COMICAL EFFECT IN AN IDEAL INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF OUR GREATEST ACTORS BY S. LEACOCK |
| title_full | MEANS OF CREATING A COMICAL EFFECT IN AN IDEAL INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF OUR GREATEST ACTORS BY S. LEACOCK |
| title_fullStr | MEANS OF CREATING A COMICAL EFFECT IN AN IDEAL INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF OUR GREATEST ACTORS BY S. LEACOCK |
| title_full_unstemmed | MEANS OF CREATING A COMICAL EFFECT IN AN IDEAL INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF OUR GREATEST ACTORS BY S. LEACOCK |
| title_short | MEANS OF CREATING A COMICAL EFFECT IN AN IDEAL INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF OUR GREATEST ACTORS BY S. LEACOCK |
| title_sort | means of creating a comical effect in an ideal interview with one of our greatest actors by s leacock |
| topic | комическое комический эффект ирония сатира языковые средства стилистические приемы гипербола |
| url | http://journal-s.org/index.php/mrsp/article/view/12271 |
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