Sarcasm in Ben Johnson's Theatrical Scripts

Abstract

Among the methods used for social treatment is the method of isolating abnormal practices and mocking them and placing them in the spotlight to reveal their negatives and thus search for solutions to them. This is embodied in the forms of comedy that include irony, irony and sarcasm. Criticism of it, as Ben Johnson is considered one of the English writers who formulated the comic scene in a sarcastic way, and for that the researcher divided his research into four chapters, which are the first chapter: the methodological framework of the research and it includes: the research problem that centered on the following question (To what extent is sarcasm achieved in Ben Johnson's theatrical texts?). Then the importance of the research and the need for it, then the goal of the research, then the limits of the research: temporal from (1957-1633) spatial (England) and objectivity and finally defining terms and procedural definition. As for the second axis, it included philosophical sarcasm. The second topic was concerned with studying sarcasm in the theater and concluded the chapter with the indicators that resulted from the theoretical framework. As for the third chapter, it included the research procedures and samples, the research tool and method, and one sample was chosen, which is the play of the chemist), and the most important results were:

1-Ben Johnson's sarcasm is a case of treating negative and bad attitudes

2-Ben Johnson's ability to create a well-crafted sarcastic strategy that provokes laughter.

The most important conclusions were

1-Find the successful alternative to sarcasm for all problems, even if it is mentally in the mind.

2-Cynicism manifests as a reaction to every brute authority

The chapter also contains a set of conclusions and then proves the sources