The Tongue Cut Off

Abstract

The paper analyses Vesna Parun’s humorous literature - satirical poetry and short forms such as aphorisms and epigrams - from the perspective of recent theoretical elaborations of humour and the comic. The interpretation is based on the presumption that the author’s poetic humour is a kind of political event that can put pressure on power systems in various areas of human life. It encourages readers to question the supposedly unquestionable worldviews, values, boundaries, and authorities. Since Vesna Parun's humorous literature produces both linguistic and social scandal, it is read as a world-creating linguistic event that aims e.g., to reorganise public opinion, disturb the common knowledge or so called ideologies of seriousness.