LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 17:10 October 2017
ISSN 1930-2940

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Does Irony Enhance the Potential of Humor?
A Vindication in the Short Stories of W.W. Jacobs

Nabil Awadh Yahya Farae


Abstract

W. W. Jacobs, a pioneer in the 19th century British short story brings out the therapeutic effect of humour which he blends with an element of irony. The study finds out that Jacobs' short stories postulate how humour offers a universal panacea for all the illnesses that afflict the modern society.

Keywords:Hamartia, Incongruity, Paradox

W.W. Jacobs

W.W. Jacobs born in 1879 in London was a Master-craftsman in using Irony as a literary device. By using irony Jacobs makes his stories quite appealing and interesting to the readers. As Wayne C. Booth says, "Irony helps the writer to achieve a secret communication, collusion and collaboration with the reader".

A hidden meaning of a situation is more effective than an open revelation. A reversal of expectation and contradiction of opinion are the resultant effects of irony. Jacob's stories hold good for such reversals and contradictions. "Irony is a kind of linguistic twist in which real meaning is concealed or contradicted by the words used to".

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Dr. Nabil Awadh Yahya Farae
Chairman of Department of English
Ex-Dean of Faculty of Education, Zabid
Hodeidah University
Republic of Yemen
nabil.farea@gmail.com

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