"'If you want to succeed here you must be able to handle the English sense of humour.' So proclaims George Mikes' timeless exploration of this curious phenomenon. Whether it's understatement, self-deprecation or plain cruelty - the three elements he identifies as essential to our sense of humour - being witty is a way of life here. Perfectly placed as an adopted Englishman himself, Mikes delivers his shrewd advice - helpfully divided into 'Theory' and 'Practice' - with a comic precision. Drawing on a trove of examples from our rich canon, from Orwel..
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The book of english humour / Антология английского юмора
This is a fascinating book charting the progression of English humour.
Англия - страна, породившая великую плеяду юмористов, классиков мировой литературы. Традиции, заложенные Шекспиром, Филдингом, Стерном, Диккенсом, продолжают и развивают английские юмористы XIX-XX столетий: Джером К. Джером, Г. К. Честертон, Х. Беллок, Дж. Микеш и друrие, с творчеством которых и познакомит данный сборник.
Translation studies and humour studies are disciplines that have been long-established but seldom looked at in conjunction. This volume uses literature as the common ground and examines issues of translating humour within a range of different literary traditions. It begins with an analysis of humour and translation in every day life, including jokes and cross-cultural humour, and then moves on to looking at humour and translation in literature through the ages.
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