『자비』에서 토니 모리슨의 성적 유머: ‘시그니파잉’의 하부장르, ‘대놓고 말하기’
Toni Morrison's Sexual Humor in A Mercy: Sub-genre of ‘Signifying,’ ‘Loud-talking’ or ‘Louding’
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This study discusses Toni Morrison’s sexual humor in A Mercy in terms of the form and aim of ‘loud-talking’ or ‘louding.’ In the novel, Morrison’s sexual humor is rhetorical. It also is not insulting but humane. In light of this, her sexual humor is a kind of ‘signifying.’ ‘Signifying,’ a term for rhetorical strategies, epitomizes all of the rhetorical play. It is often performed on the basis of a person-to-person dialogue. However, Morrison's dialogue in the sexual humor is not so much that of ‘signifying’ as that of ‘loud-talking’ or ‘louding,’ one of the sub-genes of ‘signifying.’ In ‘loud-talking,’ a signifier says something of someone just loud enough for that person to hear, but indirectly, so he/she cannot properly respond. And the signifier evokes laughter from the audience through his/her humour. In A Mercy, Dorothea and Judith are signifiers. They tell Rebekka's and Patty's sexual secrets loud to those around them. Their sexual humor aims to make listeners laugh. It emphasizes a release of pain and tension, a conduit for community, and a safety valve through laughing.
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This study discusses Toni Morrison’s sexual humor in A Mercy in terms of the form and aim of ‘loud-talking’ or ‘louding.’ In the novel, Morrison’s sexual humor is rhetorical. It also is not insulting but humane. In light of this, her sexual humor is a kind of ‘signifying.’ ‘Signifying,’ a term for rhetorical strategies, epitomizes all of the rhetorical play. It is often performed on the basis of a person-to-person dialogue. However, Morrison's dialogue in the sexual humor is not so much that of ‘signifying’ as that of ‘loud-talking’ or ‘louding,’ one of the sub-genes of ‘signifying.’ In ‘loud-talking,’ a signifier says something of someone just loud enough for that person to hear, but indirectly, so he/she cannot properly respond. And the signifier evokes laughter from the audience through his/her humour. In A Mercy, Dorothea and Judith are signifiers. They tell Rebekka's and Patty's sexual secrets loud to those around them. Their sexual humor aims to make listeners laugh. It emphasizes a release of pain and tension, a conduit for community, and a safety valve through laughing.
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