Lecturer, Department of Russian Language and Literature, Kokand State Pedagogical Institute named after Mukimi, Kokand, Uzbekistan
Online published on 10 August, 2020.
The article considers irony as one of the categories of culture. A review of the history of the study of irony from antiquity to modernity is aimed at identifying ideas that underlie various theories of irony. Such a historical excursion is necessary for understanding existing definitions covering manifestations of irony in literary and artistic discourse. Note the variety of linguistic means of expressing the ironic intentions of the speaker or writer. So-called ironysms are a systemic phenomenon in the language because they have an ironic meaning outside the context. At the same time, the importance of context, as well as non-verbal means for expressing irony in oral and written speech, is undeniable.
The difficulty of defining irony, stylistic irony, conceptual irony, the worldview and aesthetics of authors, linguistic and extra-linguistic forms of realization of irony
