Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 15، number In Volume 10، Junuary 2023 ، issue Number 80

Analysis and stylistic analysis of contemporary children and adolescent humor (from a content and intellectual perspective) with a critical approach

Nazita Barzegar , Shahrokh Hekmat (Author in Charge), Ali Sarvar Yaghoubi

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The context and purpose of the stories written for the age group of children and adolescents, in addition to being attractive and engaging, should also contain social, instructive and educational content. Humorous literature is a good bed to help the child and adolescent audience in intellectual development while paying attention to the entertaining aspects of the story.

METHODOLOGY: Leading research based on theoretical and documentary studies has been done by library method and content analysis method. The society studied in this article is five stories by contemporary satirical writers in the field of children and adolescent literature.

FINDINGS: Some children and adolescent comedians focus only on the humorous and entertaining aspects of a work, while others focus on discovering the identity, meaning of life, and social issues in addition to the entertaining aspects of the story.

CONCLUSION: Among the authors studied, Marzooqi and Akbarpour have paid more attention to the entertainment and humor aspects of their stories, and Shafiee, Eboud, and Hashemi have significantly and significantly included in the content of their stories issues related to moral aspects, social problems, and children"s intellectual issues and concerns. And adolescents.

Keyword
intellectual style , children and adolescent literature , satire , contemporary writers , critical analysis

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