MÉCANISMES DE L’HUMOUR DANS LES BLAGUES ROUMAINES D’AVANT 1989
MECHANISMS OF HUMOR IN THE JOKES OF THE ROMANIAN COMMUNIST ERA
Author(s): Cristi NEDELCU, Alice IonescuSubject(s): Applied Linguistics, Pragmatics, Comparative Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Descriptive linguistics, Stylistics
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: humour; politics; absurd; joke; dictatorship;
Summary/Abstract: Under the communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu, humor served as a defense mechanism that allowed Romanians to cope with the regime's restrictions on freedom and the grim daily reality that blatantly contradicted official propaganda. The political joke, while highlighting the gap between the State discourse and people's experience, constituted a real weapon against lies and alienation, and expressed the people's tenacious refusal to give in to attempts at "brainwashing” by communist propaganda. The paper provides an overview of the types of jokes specific to the totalitarian period in Romania and an analysis of the mechanisms underpinning the creation of humorous effects / the role of the social context and which the (anti-) communist jokes reflect.
Journal: Analele Universităţii din Craiova. Seria Ştiinţe Filologice. Limbi şi literaturi romanice.
- Issue Year: XXVII/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 89-112
- Page Count: 14
- Language: French
