Az érvelés és a stílus humora Gárdonyi regényeiben I.

Abstract

This study provides an analysis of Géza Gárdonyi’s works from a rhetorical perspective and it shows the uniqueness of his style and humour.  Rhetorical argumentation can be revealed in Gárdonyi’s works: there are a number of examples in the analyzed works as Gárdonyi’s characters are following people’s way of thinking. Examples, enthymemes and topos logic are frequently used while keeping primary orality; and the environment is revealed by enumeration and congeries. The characters’ personality development is in line with the linear structure of the novels and at the same time the use of the "underground stream technique” can also be noticed. This study shows examples mainly of Gárdonyi’s delicate humour based on the criteria of rhetorical analysis. The quoted examples can be used when teaching rhetorical argumentation, style, or word formation.