Insult as an artistic gesture
Print Alexey Ustinov The history of world culture gives rich material for the study of the problem of the artistry of insult. These are not only historical examples of enmity and encroachment - both mutual and one -sided, but also entire genres of various types of arts, which are based on the desire to get into a bloom, make fun, expose: fable, anecdote, pamphlet, caricature. They are accompanied by more “gentle” genres - a parody, cartoon, humor.