SOME METHODS TO RAISE A LAUGH OF JAPANESE FUNNY STORY

Abstract

Funny story is a popular literary genre of each nation, is an indispensable food for the mind to all countries around the world. It helps people get out and blow away from a lot of bad directions to a healthy and civilized life. But, up to this time, the Japanese funny story (Kobanashi) has not been widely disseminated in our country, the research on it just stop at collecting, compiling and introducing sketchy. With this article, the author would like to contribute to introduce a few methods to raise a laugh of Japanese funny story for those interested in research on Japanese literature. Ordinary, folk funny story always have been causing most brittle laughter. Some methods to raise a laugh of Japanese funny story includes: magnification, speech, amusing manners and amusing actions, amusing situations, amusing element of surprise.