Russian Linguistic Bulletin (Jun 2019)
THEORY OF M.BAKHTIN’S COMIC WORD: RECONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE
Abstract
The comic word is a crucial element of the general theory of culture of popular laughter devised by M. Bakhtin in the 1930-1960s. The comic word theory does not have a complete form, and therefore requires a more detailed de-scription and further reconstruction. The article examines the process of the theory formation in the context of the evolution of Bakhtin’s literary interests based on the methods of modern academic literary studies, identifies the main characteristics and attempts aimed at reconstructing the theory of the comic word.
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