The Russian anecdote: Text and oral genre

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Smeleva, E.Ia., Smelev, A.D

Russkii Anekdot: Tekst i Rechevoi Zhanr

[ The Russian anecdote: Text and oral genre]

Moscow: Iazyki Slavianskoi Kul`tury, 2002
143 p
pbk. 12.5 x 19.5 cm
ISBN: 5944570709
Language: Russian

This monograph studies the anecdote as a specific genre in comparison with adjacent ones: the joke, the witty remark, the story, etc. The authors, two professors in philology, give descriptions of speech characteristics of the most common characters and thematic groups of the modern Russian anecdote, and of some restrictions on this genre. They quote numerous modern anecdotes as examples and illustrations. Bibliography.

Subjects

» Humanities » Folklore, Folk Art, and Folklore Studies

» Language, Dictionaries and Linguistics » Humor

» Literary Theory and Criticism / History of Literature » Theory of Literature » Literary Genres

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