INDIVIDUAL STYLE PECULIARITIES OF DERIVATION AND PUNS FUNCTIONING IN THE WORKS OF NIKOLAY GOGOL
The article deals with the analysis of the techniques of puns’ creation that are typical for the individual style of Nikolay Gogol from the point of view of the implementation of the effect of failed expectations or comic shock and the specificity of their functioning. There is considered the punning technique in the context of Gogol’s perception of comic category, meaning the comprehension of serious things through funny things.