The Comic Representation of Identity and Otherness in a Narrative Text: a Case-Study
The Comic Representation of Identity and Otherness in a Narrative Text: a Case-Study
Author(s): Raluca LevonianSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Tracus Arte
Keywords: humor; script; identity; otherness; narrative; Romanian
Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to support previous research on the importance of the script-based semantic theory for the study of literary humor. The first part of the article includes a brief description of the semantic scripts theory (Raskin 1985) and some of its later modifications. The next sections analyze some excerpts from the novel Sunt o babă comunistă! by the Romanian author Dan Lungu. The outcomes show that complex networks of scripts are activated in a literary narrative and that, besides the semantic information, the cultural dimension of the scripts activated in literary texts should be taken into account.
Journal: Philologica Jassyensia
- Issue Year: VII/2011
- Issue No: 1 (13)
- Page Range: 89-95
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English