Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 17، number In Volume 5، August 2024 ، issue Number 99

Stylistics of humor in Bahram Sadeghi's stories based on the incongruity theory of humor

Mohammad Hassan Habibi , Siavash Haghjo (Author in Charge), Farzad Baloo , Masoud Ruhani

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The use of humorous language and the thought of Existentialism are two stylistic features of Bahram Sadeghi"s stories. This research deals with the stylistics of these stories by searching for a meaningful relationship between these two stylistic features and tries to show with the help of humor theories that the presence of this type of language in his stories is meaningful and is in harmony with the dominant thought in those works. What causes such a search and effort is the abundance of humor and existentialist elements in the works of this author.

METHODOLOGY: The method of this research is analytical and descriptive and based on a library study in three fields of study: theories of humor, existentialism, and author"s works, and searching for links between them.

FINDINGS: Among the three existing classical theories about agency and basis of humor, that is, theories of superiority, relief, and incongruity, the latter theory is aligned with the linguistic and intellectual style of the author"s works and establishes a logical relationship between the language and the central idea of those works.

CONCLUSION: The incongruity theory of humor, because it considers the factor of laughter to be the disclosure of the emptiness of events from their known conceptual pattern, has a lot of harmony with a similar disclosure in Existentialism. Therefore, the presence of the dominant element of humor in Bahram Sadeghi"s story-writing style explains the existentialist thought governing most of the author"s works.

Keyword
story , short story , philosophy of humor , incongruity theory of humor , Existentialism , Bahram Sadeghi.

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