On the History of an Anecdote

Authors

  • Evgenii Kostiukhin Herzen State Pedagogical University
  • James Bailey University of Wisconsin
  • James P. Leary University of Wisconsin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/folklorica.v21i0.7708

Abstract

This article explores the historical antecedents to the Russian anecdote which remarks on the reactions by various nationalities’ to finding a fly in their soup and considers the function of such anecdotes in their popular usage.

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2018-08-10

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How to Cite

Kostiukhin, Evgenii, James Bailey, and James P. Leary. 2018. “On the History of an Anecdote”. FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association 21 (August). https://doi.org/10.17161/folklorica.v21i0.7708.