An anecdote is a fusion of literature, folklore and humor and implies the presence of a comic element, which reflects history and everything new that appears in society.  As a rule, an anecdote makes fun of human vices: greed, stupidity, hypocrisy, etc., and at the end, at times, contains morality.  This article discusses the structural features of an anecdote as a comic phenomenon.

It is proved that the structural features of an anecdote are its conciseness, rigid structure, narrativity and at the same time drama, the obligatory presence of a dialogue and at the same time an actual monologue.  The relevance of the study is determined by the fact that structurally and in content this genre has undergone some modifications and in recent decades is considered not only from the standpoint of humor, but also in line with pragmalinguistics.

Humorous discourse, composition, metatext input

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