Lenguage as Instrument of Humor in Harold Pinter´s The Dumb Waiter and Mountain Language.
This article analyzes the resources that generate the particular linguistic humor in Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter and Mountain Language under holo-cultural theoretical premises of humor, as proposed by Alford and Alford. Insults, scatological references, misunderstandings, and the use of black humor are...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Costa Rica |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/22580 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/escena/article/view/22580 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Harold Pinter Mountain Language The Dumb Waiter humor culture language cultura lenguaje |
| Sumario: | This article analyzes the resources that generate the particular linguistic humor in Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter and Mountain Language under holo-cultural theoretical premises of humor, as proposed by Alford and Alford. Insults, scatological references, misunderstandings, and the use of black humor are observed to conclude whether or not Pinter’s early and late work include them and if those resources become more universal. |
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