METHODS AND DEVICES USED TO CREATE COMIC EFFECT AND STRATEGIES OF THEIR TRANSLATION (BASED ON THE NOVEL BY TOM SHARPE “BLOTT ON THE LANDSCAPE”)
This article is devoted to the expressive means and stylistic devices that are used by English satiric writer Tom Sharpe to create comic effect in his novel “Blott on the Landscape”. The research focuses on innovative strategies that are applied by the author and translation tactics that are the most effective ones. The author of the article highlights a number of lexical and phraseological units that represent humorous effect to their further classification. The article dwells upon character-names, word play, puns and tactics that are applicable in the translation process.