Humour

The similarities and differences between the Russian and American senses of

By

Purpose of the work: Comparison of the American and Russian senses of

Development and formation of American humоur

Pioneers, hunters, woodcutters or merely criminals

Some identity of American humour

1. Apparent absence of hidden meaning

2. Complete certainty

Some identity of American humour

Some identity of American humour

3. Making fun of stupidity and narrow-mindedness.

Some identity of American humour

4. Any jokes should not hurt anybody’s

The types of American humour

Anecdote
Joke
Story
Wordplay:
The Simpsons: “ Relax. What is mind?

American humour can be presented in graphics

Picture
Photo
Video
Caricature
Grotesque

The identity of Russia humour

Oriented to the topical subjects:
Politics
Art
Medicine
Family
Studies
Interethnic relations
Love
Religion

The types of Russia humour

Anecdote
Chastushka
Genre of parody
Jokes
Caricature
Grotesque
Aphorism

Anecdote

Ununderstandable if you don’t know some historical, political, cultural and other

Anecdote

Anecdotes about Chukchi, Moldavians and Ukrainians. There is always a neighbour

Anecdote

Russian people than any other nation in the world can laugh

Chastushka

Aphorism

M. Zhvanetskiy:
Идея пришла в его голову и теперь упорно ищет мозг.
The

Table of comparison

Table of comparison

Survey

Is it difficult to understand American humour?
(Do you laugh at American

Survey

Do you find American humour intelligent?

The course of misunderstanding

We just have a different mentality

Results

I have investigated the “humour” of Americans and Russian people
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