МИНОБРНАУКИ РОССИИ
Федеральное государственное автономное образовательное
учреждение высшего профессионального образования
«Южный федеральный университет»
Институт филологии, журналистики и межкультурной коммуникации
Кафедра теории и практики английского языка
РЕФЕРАТ НА ТЕМУ:
«BRITISH HUMOUR»
По направлению 035700 - Лингвистика
Исполнитель:
студент 4 курса
Кисиленко А.А.
Проверил:
Зав. кафедры теории и практики
английского языка
Черкасс И.А.
г. Ростов-на-Дону
2015 год
Plan
Introduction
1. Literature
2. Television
3. Films
4. Comic Relief and Red Nose Day
5.Conclusion
6.Sources
Introduction
Humour is universal, it is found in every culture, in every language. In Great Britain it is even one of their most important national prides. But what makes British humour so specific? This form of entertainment mostly consists in the use of puns, nonsense and black comedy. That, for linguistic reasons, since the English language gives particularly great scope for word play, and also for historical reasons as the first traces of humour in British literature showed a need to react against the intolerance of Puritanism. The tradition of absurd and nonsense was rooted in English culture notably by Lewis Carroll, who was followed by loads of humorists until today, such as Monty Python.
This group of comedians is known worldwide and appreciated but scarce are the British humorists whose fame can cross the border. Indeed this kind of humour requires a good British linguistic and cultural grasp. Thus puns are almost untranslatable and visual humour is more easily appreciated by foreigners – Mr Bean is a good example. As a consequence, each person who achieves to apprehend British humour can then boast that he or she has acquired a high level of knowledge about the culture of this nation.
A strong theme of sarcasm and self-deprecation, often with deadpan delivery, runs throughout British humour. Emotion is...