Strategii discursive în presa umoristică românească. Prezentarea războiului de independență (1877-1878)
Discursive Strategies in the Romanian Humoristic Press. Presenting the Independence War (1877-1878)

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on recurrent mechanisms used both in articles and cartoons to frame the Independence War (1877-1878) in Romanian humoristic press. Our discursive approach uses stylistics, conversational humour and cognitive theories insights in order to grasp the humorous patterns developed by a collective source and construed by the rather homogenous Romanian public. Humour in war time appears as a tool of reinforcing the ingroup’s feelings, diverting attention from concrete war issues and offering a coping mechanism.

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