Žánrové podoby humoru na Slovensku v offline ére
Genres of Humour in Slovakia during the Offline Era

Summary/Abstract: he study provides a systematic overview of folk and official humour genres in Slovakia through media outlets such as daily newspapers, radio, and television during the offline period. This period spans from the first Slovak-language periodicals published in the mid-19th century to the advent of the online era at the end of the 20th century. Methodologically, it mainly depends on comprehensive secondary research of all studies on the development of humour in Slovakia, published in the professional journal “Otázky žurnalistiky” (Journalism Issues) from its inception in 1959 to the present. This study aims to address a gap in the theory and history of Slovak journalism and media-mediated communication by providing a comprehensive description of the evolution of humour in Slovakia, with a focus on the humorous genres favoured by the regimes of the period and those popular with the public. It was found that humour mediated through all types of media in Slovakia utilised various genres, ranging from small items like glosses or folk jokes to feuilleton, satire, and culminating in long-format, politically sarcastic shows on radio and TV. From a temporal perspective, it was observed that the most popular humorous style preferred by the public was more or less open ridicule of existing political and social conditions in the country. The ridicule was direct and strong during the era of the democracies of the first Czechoslovak Republic, then it disappeared during the communist regime, and reappeared after the Velvet Revolution. The last decade of the 20th century was the golden age of Slovak media-mediated humour.

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