Das humoristische Potenzial von Stereotypen über Deutsche im polnischen und deutschen Mediendiskurs

Abstract

The paper presents the relationships between humour and national stereotypes as linguistic worldview components. The author discusses humorous elements in selected media discourse stereotypical images of Germans. Such elements reinforce the stereotypes, the majority of which are passed down from generation to generation in an unchanged form, and facilitate their spread. The analysis covers stereotypes about Germans relating to their appearance, personality traits, eatinghabits, and traditions. The research corpus consists of various Polish and German internet sources, including articles, caricatures, comic books, and jokes. All of them are part of the public discourse, thanks to which one can identify typical thinking and world understanding patterns in a given culture.