A anecdote it is a brief and sometimes humorous narration of an everyday event. It presents a series of characteristics, such as: common theme, short narration, presence of double meaning and absence of authorship.
See too: narrative chronicle — a literary genre also marked by the narration of everyday events
summary about anecdote
The anecdote (or joke) is a brief narrative with humorous elements of an event.
Because it is a genre linked to everyday life, it brings many elements of our society, and can sometimes bring prejudiced meanings.
Its characteristics are: commonplace theme, short narration and with the purpose of provoking laughter, simple and colloquial language, text with double meaning and absence of authorship.
Although the anecdote, the cartoon and the charge seek to provoke laughter, the anecdote brings less reflective elements than the others.
What is anecdote?
Anecdote (or joke) is the brief narrative of a curious or funny fact about specific people or groups. It usually has a surprising ending, in order to provoke laughter, and sometimes it has elements that reflect our society (prejudice, sexism, etc.).
the anecdote composes the group of social productions called everyday textual genres. The table below illustrates the main members of this group, including the anecdote.
Everyday textual genres | |
Ticket |
Annotation |
Daily |
Message |
Anecdote |
Invitation |
Characteristics of the anecdote
The anecdote is a narrative text and, therefore, albeit in a limited way, it presentscharacter, time, space, plot and narrative focus.
Furthermore, stands out you next aspects:
everyday themes (everyday elements);
short narration and with the purpose of provoking laughter;
simple and colloquial language;
text with double meaning;
absence of authorship.
Read too: Comic strip — a current graphic storytelling format
examples of anecdote
Example 1
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The teacher: "If you think you're stupid, stand up." Dudu gets up: — Do you think you're stupid, Dudu? — No, but I was sorry to see you standing alone. |
Example 2
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The boss to the employee: "Do you believe in life after death?" The employee: - Of course! There is no proof of this. The boss: “Well, now there is. Yesterday, after you left early to attend your uncle's funeral, he came here looking for you! |
Example 3
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A reporter asks: — How old are you? The old man answers: “Ninety-eight years. The reporter: "Aren't you afraid of dying at that age?" The old man says: - No! All the statistics say that, at my age, very few people die... |
Anecdote, cartoon and cartoon
Anecdote, cartoon and cartoon are texts that deal with elements of our daily life. However, each of them has some peculiarities:
Anecdote: It is a narrative text written in humorous and sometimes prejudiced tones, reflecting the vices and problems of society. She is little reflective and much more oriented towards laughter.
Wharge: is essentially a hybrid political text (verbal and non-verbal) and has a punctual critique of political issues of his time.
Khartoum: like the cartoon, it is a hybrid text, but it presents everyday aspects beyond political issues. The cartoon involves customs, and its humor is built on the basis of these socially crystallized habits.
By Rafael Camargo de Oliveira
Writing Teacher
