Sarcasm In K-Van’s Stand-Up Comedy Show: A Critical Stylistic Perspective

Abstract

Sarcasm is a common mode of emotional expression in everyday life, often communicating goals or perspectives that contradict their literal interpretation via humour. The current study investigate the concept of sarcasm in K-van’s stand-up comedy show. This study investigated sarcasm from a critical stylistic analysis perspective. Therefore, this study is expected to answer the following questions: What is the purpose of sarcasm used in the provided data? And What are the critical stylistics tools utilised by the stand-up comedians in the selected data. The study aims at Identifying the purpose of sarcasm and clarifying the critical stylistics tools that are used in the selected data. It is worth mentioning that Jeffries’s (2010) critical stylistics modal of textual conceptual tools is utilised by the researcher as an eclectic model. Consequently, only qualitative analysis is used to verify the findings and draw conclusion.