Intervention to “Degeneration” of Jokes and The Trace of Digression in Idealized Stereotypes: Temel’li Fıkralar

Abstract

This article examines the approach which idealizes stereotypes in jokes such as Temel or Nasreddin Hodja and ignores any other narrative. The study of Temel'li Fikralar as an illustration reveals that digression is used as an instrument in this idealization effort.