Productivity of Irony In the Work of English Authors

Abstract

The article's section discusses the dramatic and phenomenological nature of irony, characterizing it as a super-functional form of discourse. The subsequent survey makes it possible to solve the above-mentioned research goals - to evaluate the impact of particular indicators on irony productivity. The overall assumption of the research is that irony is an extensive show-window for showing the human workspace - what people do, how they adjust actions, regulate behaviors, and share norms of speech with others. Its interactivity and meaning reinforce each other, making irony adjustable through insightful praise or recognition towards the probable recipient. Nineteenth-century novels of the English written language are characterized by an abundance of forms of the speech of literary characters, including irony. Against this background, the article analyzes the situational factors of the increased or decreased productivity of irony and the author's speech in general, the surface and deep structure of irony, its implementation. The conclusions make it possible to draw on conceptual conclusions about author's speech, allied to the norms of language and textuality, ideology and style, world understanding, those who use various realizations of irony, its different types and techniques. They help to reveal the individual style of an author and to approach theoretical problems with regard to its specific rendering.