Agnes Marszalek
List of John Benjamins publications for which Agnes Marszalek plays a role.
Articles
2019 Chapter 7. Constructing inferiority through comic characterisation: Self-deprecating humour and cringe comedy in High Fidelity and Bridget Jones’s Diary Experiencing Fictional Worlds, Neurohr, Benedict and Lizzie Stewart-Shaw (eds.), pp. 119–134 | Chapter
This chapter draws on cognitive stylistics and psychology to explore those characterisation techniques in humorous novels which can shape readers’ responses to comic protagonists. I focus on those instances in Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity (1995) and Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’s Diary (1996) in… read more
2013 “It’s not funny out of context!”: A cognitive stylistic approach to humorous narratives Developments in Linguistic Humour Theory, Dynel, Marta (ed.), pp. 393–422 | Article
This article draws on theories from cognitive stylistics and psychology in order to examine how the construction of narrative worlds contributes to the creation of humour in humorous novels. I suggest that some narrative worlds – referred to as humorous worlds – are designed to enhance the humour… read more