“EN GÜZEL DOKTOR FIKRALARI”NIN UYUMSUZLUK KURAMI BAĞLAMINDA İNCELENMESİ
"THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DOCTOR JOKES” OF ANALYSIS IN THE CONTEXT OF DISSONANCE THEORY

Summary/Abstract: Jokes, which occupy a wide place in Turkish folk narratives, fill an important gap in the social life as the place of cultural memory. These narratives, which are the result of experiences, are sometimes related to a profession (doctor, police, soldier) or a certain character (mad, idiot, thief) and laughter comes after “dissonance/contradiction between the expected and realized” in jokes. According to dissonance theory which associates dissonance/contradiction, laughter comes after through breking down stereotypes and encountering an unusual result. In doctor-related jokes the situation and presentation dissonances/contradictions may cause laughter too. The purpose of the present study was to apply the dissonance theory which is one of the basic laughter theories to doctor-related jokes. For this purpose, the book “The Most Beautiful Doctor Jokes”, which was prepared by Deniz Distribution were used as a source; and 207 joke texts were examined. The essential point causing humor in doctor-related jokes is the incongruity between the expected and encountered situation. Patients who misunderstand the doctor’s massage during the anamnesis and do not provide contextual feedback, inexperienced doktor and different types of doctors and patients have caused to arise encountered situationes.

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