Linguistic and cultural codes in representing the comic category

Abstract

This article studies the comic category and considers the key theoretical approaches to understanding the nature of laughter, its role in culture, as well as the function of the comic as a form of critical reflection on reality, analyzing the aesthetic aspects of laughter as a phenomenon reflecting the contradictions of human existence and social life. The article emphasizes that the comic is an integral part of artistic creation, capable of performing entertaining and cognitive, moral and evaluative functions. Considerable attention is paid to the phenomenon of national humor, its cultural specifics, reflecting the mental characteristics of the people. The concept of a frame is also explored as a cognitive structure that shapes the perception of the comic in a certain socio-cultural context. The article focuses on the linguistic and cultural approach, which allows us to consider the comic through the prism of linguistic and cultural codes, fixed in the national consciousness. Our linguistic analysis is based on the texts by M. Zadornov and M. Zhvanetsky. Special emphasis is placed on highlighting the key forms of comic realization, which have specific artistic and expressive means and perform various functions in the context of cultural communication. In addition, the article presents the typology of humorous statements, taking into account the peculiarities of the modern discursive space, formed by the processes of digitalization, and analyzes the classification of constitutive types of humorous statements.