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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Autores: Saravia, Juan C., Saravia, José R., Monge Alvarado, Sussana
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
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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.