Presentation-10

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Gymnasium №1
Ways of making
humorous effect
Saratov 2026
by Valeria Sergeeva
student of 10 "B"
supervisor Myasnikova N.A.

2. Introduction 

Introduction
Lanchikov Viktor Konstantinovich
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Livergant Alexander Yakovlevich
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James Thurber
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4. Short stories for work

• “The Princess and the Tin Box”,
• “The Little Girl and the Wolf”,
• “The Unicorn in the Garden”
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5. The aim of my work is to find out which ways of creative humor James Thurber used.

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Linguistic directories offer 4 groups of ways to
express humorous effects in fiction:
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Language means
Plot
Characters
Intonation
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7. “The Princess and the Tin Box”

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8. “The Unicorn in the Garden”

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9. “The Little Girl and the Wolf”

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11. Translating “The Unicorn in the Garden”

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12. Conclusion

This study explores James Thurber’s unique humorous
techniques through an analysis of his short stories and
practical translation, highlighting the complexity of conveying
authorial irony and linguistic devices while preserving cultural
context.
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13. Thank you for your attention

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